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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We are due to start main works on prison expansion at HMP Wayland

Wates Group and the Ministry of Justice have signed the main works order for an expansion project at HMP Wayland in Norfolk.

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school in Nuneaton has been transformed through the Department for Education’s School Rebuilding Programme, replacing outdated facilities with a modern, inclusive environment for 1,050 pupils aged 11–16.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

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This transformative redevelopment in Yorkshire has delivered a vibrant, three-storey teaching block that replaces outdated facilities — all while the school remained fully operational.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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Raising awareness around mental health: Supporting PAPYRUS at AESC UK

As part of the AESC UK Gigafactory project in Sunderland, Davey Armstrong has taken proactive steps to support suicide prevention charity PAPYRUS, engaging in a series of solo volunteering events across the North East.

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Landmark exhibition celebrates Norman Shaw North’s progress

This summer, we were proud to host a groundbreaking exhibition, in partnership with Parliament, showcasing the work underway to transform the Norman Shaw North building on the Parliamentary Estate.

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Jamie Bawden’s secondment journey with the MoJ

For Jamie Bawden, a Project Manager with Wates, the answer has taken shape through his secondment with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Property Directorate.

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Delivering quality homes and honouring a local Leeds swimming champion

A new council housing development delivered by us is bringing high-quality affordable homes to Leeds and is paying tribute to a sporting hero of yesteryear.

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Changing the narrative on suicide in construction and beyond

Every year on 10 September, organisations and communities around the world come together to mark World Suicide Prevention Day – a day to pause, reflect, raise awareness, and take meaningful action to help prevent suicide.

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Shaping the future of construction through our summer programme

As part of our commitment to making construction a career of choice for a more diverse range of students, we reimagined our summer programme.

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