Brighton Girls School

Brighton Girls School, the school, formerly known as Brighton and Hove High School for Girls is undergoing a multi-million pound transformation.  The school currently operates from two sites, with the prep school in Radinden Manor Road, Hove but these plans aim to bring all its pupils, from reception through to sixth form, together in its Montpelier Road site.

The school is in the Montpelier and Clifton Hill Conservation Area, with the main site split in two by Temple Gardens. As well as two grade II listed buildings, the school site has a grade II listed wall.

Work is planned on the grade II listed Vicarage and Temple buildings and on the Montpelier building, including new windows, redecoration and roof insulation.

The Temple building, designed by architect Amon Wilds, was originally the home of Thomas Read Kemp, the property owner and MP who gave his name to Kemp Town.

Ubu have been appointed by Neilcott Construction Ltd to provide the landscape for this project, working with Walters & Cohen Architects.  The school hopes to transform the landscaping at the front of the Temple and the school’s green spaces.  A new wooded play area would be created outside, as well as an edible garden or allotment, with landscaping and cycle parking.

Plans include a dedicated early years playground and a tree-lined lawn at the centre of the site where the younger pupils will have a space to play, discover and to learn.

The new school building will also be reworked to become a community hub including a learning space for pupils, a wellbeing café and flexible working space for local entrepreneurs to use.  By mixing classroom and community, the school hopes the pupils will be able to learn about opportunities from local businesses and local entrepreneurs can hear the ideas of the next generation.

Planning was approved in October 2021 and completion is expected early 2022.