The UK’s first purpose built Biophilic school – St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy - POE and Lessons Learnt
Jane O'Leary, Tilbury Douglas

The UK’s first purpose built Biophilic school – St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy in Derby was opened in December 2023. The presentation will focus on the school with a theme of ‘a school built with nature’ and the post occupancy evaluation.  The school was delivered in collaboration with the Department for Education (DfE) as part of an innovative pilot scheme. The presentation is centred around how the Biophilic design translated into an excellent learning and teaching environment. Including the School, The University of Derby’s early PHD findings from the project, along with TDE, who will be presenting the Building performance data.