Reimagining Futures: From T-Level Student to Management Trainee at SES Matthew Pendlebury

As we go through T-Levels Week, find out how Matthew at SES has reimagined his career journey.

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Reimagining futures through T-Levels

As we go through T-Levels Week, Gary Campbell-Dykes shares his insights on how we are reimagining opportunities for young people at Wates.

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We deliver landmark £200m facility for Oxford University

We have completed a £200 million state-of-the-art research and education facility for Oxford University – the Life and Mind Building.

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Kineton High School  

Kineton High School has been transformed through the Department for Education’s School Rebuilding Programme, delivered via the MMC Lot 1 Framework.

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Hartshill School  

The new net zero school in Nuneaton has been transformed through the Department for Education’s School Rebuilding Programme, replacing outdated facilities with a modern, inclusive environment for 1,050 pupils aged 11–16. 

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Rivertree Free School  

At Kempston, we’re helping to create one of the UK’s largest SEND schools — a purpose-built environment designed to support 200 pupils aged 3 to 19 with specialist care and facilities tailored to their needs.

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Oasis Academy

This inclusive 900-place co-educational secondary school in Bristol is being delivered in partnership with the Department for Education and Oasis Community Learning.

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Brook Mead Academy  

This recently opened academy in Leicester is one of the UK’s first net zero carbon secondary schools and the very first secondary of its kind in the East Midlands, setting a new standard for more sustainable school infrastructure.  

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Woldgate School and Sixth Form College 

This transformative redevelopment in Yorkshire has delivered a vibrant, three-storey teaching block that replaces outdated facilities — all while the school remained fully operational. The new building offers bright, modern spaces designed to support both academic excellence and student wellbeing. 

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We begin construction of sustainable SEMH school

Our Construction business, Kirklees Council, Wellspring Academy Trust and Joseph Norton Academy celebrate the start of construction for a new school in Huddersfield.

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Leicester welcomes one of the UK’s first net zero carbon in operation secondary schools

One of the UK’s first net zero carbon in operation secondary schools has opened in Leicester at the new Brook Mead Academy site.

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Construction South supports Woburn Lower School during Wates Community Month

A team of nine volunteers from Construction South made a meaningful impact at Woburn Lower School as part of Wates Community Month.

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Topping out at Oasis Academy Daventry Road celebrates major milestone in South Bristol

We have marked a major construction milestone at Oasis Academy Daventry Road with a topping out ceremony, celebrating the installation of the final steel beam on the new school building.

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We deliver Oxford’s landmark Life and Mind Building

Our Construction South business has successfully delivered practical completion of the Life and Mind Building – a landmark development for the University of Oxford and one of the largest building projects in the university’s history.

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Decades of Partnership at University of Southampton

In partnership with the University of Southampton, we have delivered purpose-driven projects that support its mission to provide world-class education, groundbreaking research, and an outstanding student experience.

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Groundbreaking ceremony held for new secondary school in Bristol

We have held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new secondary school in Knowle, Bristol with Oasis Community Learning.

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Construction milestone celebrated with MP visit to Woldgate School

Woldgate School and Sixth Form, Pocklington, has celebrated its latest construction milestone with a steel signing ceremony, hosted by contractors Wates, the Department for Education, and Wonder Learning Partnership.

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 Hadlow Rural Community School

We created a brand-new kitchen at Hadlow Rural Community School, a project that saw the team deliver structural works to create a kitchen space fully equipped with catering and plant machinery within a live school environment in just four months.

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