[1] With a planned capacity of 630 pupils, the school is also used for teacher training and acts as a centre for educational research.

[2] Following the University's 800th anniversary in 2009, plans were formed to address the issue of the lack of affordable accommodation for its staff and post-graduate students.

[3] To help support this, a primary school was also included in the plans, and work began on the site following a ground-breaking ceremony on 14 November 2014.

[1] The school was created by architects Marks Barfield, designers of the London Eye, and is circular in shape enclosing a central courtyard.

Drawing inspiration from Mandy Swann's book Creating learning without limits, the school encompasses a "learning street", a central space that runs between the classrooms that themselves open directly onto the space without the need for doors.