Didsbury High School Building Manchester, Northwest England Education Architecture
Didsbury High School, Manchester
3 Apr 2020
Didsbury High School Building
Design: Pozzoni Architecture
Location: Didsbury, South Manchester, North West England, UK

Photos by Tamara Shiner
First look inside Didsbury?s newest secondary school
As most pupils across the UK take a break from the classroom, the first professional photography of South Manchester?s newest school has revealed how modern design is already impacting daily life for pupils and teachers alike.

Didsbury High School, a £20m school from the Laurus Trust, welcomed an initial 210 Year 7 pupils when it opened in September 2019. The school, designed by Pozzoni Architecture and built by BAM, will add further intakes every academic year and will eventually comprise a sixth form of 300 pupils.
The latest photography shows how modern, considered building design is already having an effect on learning and social life. The building?s novel ?twin-core? approach has provided two bright and spacious areas for congregation; in the 4-storey, vaulted dining hall and at the Hive ? a novel space for pupil interactions, designed around the school?s iconic honeycomb logo.

More functional planning has seen the grouping of similar subjects to aid navigation around the building; with ICT, Science and Maths all taught in close proximity to one another. Laboratory space has been intelligently located so that any noxious fumes can be ventilated a...