KEGS 1551 Appeal Fund – Fundraising Results

KEGS 1551 Appeal Fund for a Sports Hall and Other Developments Fundraising Results

‘Our vision to maintain and develop KEGS’ status as a world class school’

KEGS’ brilliant new sporting facility, The Nigel Fanshawe Sports Hall, opened in September 2018.  The multi million pound new centre was kickstarted by a government grant, but the scope and scale of the building was only made possible by the incredible generosity of all of those who gave to our major fundraising campaign, the KEGS 1551 Appeal.  Hundreds of people who included parents, governors, the Parents Association, the KEGS Foundation, friends of the school and many generations of alumni, raised almost £600,000 in donations during the course of a year. 

The main sports hall is very spacious and flexible and provides five badminton courts which are also laid out for basketball, volleyball, tennis, cricket, netball and football.

There is also a superb gym studio, a large fitness suite, changing rooms and toilets, spectator facilities, first aid room, kit room, a viewing gallery and two modern classrooms.

However, the project was always about much more than a Sports Hall, important though that is.  The relocation of PE and Sport to the new building allowed us to remodel existing spaces and create a state-of- the-art science lab, a new multi-purpose theatre, an improved canteen and an enlarged dining hall. Students of all ages now benefit from these developments.

A further fundraising appeal raised sufficient funds to resurface the tennis courts which now boast a superb multi-sport playing surface, and provide a new long jump pit with surfaced run-up.  Thank you to everyone who made this possible.