Future Projects
JKPS opened in 2013 and over the years its facilities, both indoor and out, have been completely transformed. We have relied on parent fundraising and volunteering to develop the spaces available for the children, whether that’s the green space, the garden, the woodland area or the library. For a while it seemed we would lose the whole of our green space, but parents, carers and the local community rallied around, launching a successful campaign to keep it for the children to play and learn in.
As we enter the second decade of the school’s life, FoJKPS continues to work with the Senior Leadership Team and our parent community to enrich learning and enhance the school for our children to enjoy for many years to come. The school community is integral to making the school the wonderful place it is. We can’t do any of this without you!
Below you can read more about the projects we are fundraising for at the moment.
10th Anniversary Artwork
In September 2023 JKPS celebrated its 10th birthday! The school commissioned an artwork to be created with visiting artists and school pupils.
The project was developed and workshopped over the Autumn 2024 and Spring 2025 terms with parent artists Stef P and Lara.
During Spring term all children at the school drew a “tile” inspired by the artwork of Judith Kerr. The 10th Anniversary Artwork is proposed to bring these unique individuals together to create a bigger image of the ‘Tiger’ representing the uniqueness and diversity of the wider JKPS community.
The Friends, volunteers and the school’s SLT are working with specialists to fabricate and install the 8m x 2m artwork in an agreed location. Anyone can get their own mini version, and support the installation here
MUGA - Large Capital Project
There has long been an ambition to develop a MUGA (Multi-Use Games Area) to make the outdoor space more flexible, particularly in winter and wet weather. This would support PE provision, ease pressure on the green space, and improve accessibility for all children.
The warmer wetter winters and hotter drier summers make a flexible all weather space (shaded with trees) even more important.
We know how quickly time passes in a primary school and the importance of delivering improvements so that current pupils and the parents who contributed through fundraising can benefit.
This will require significant work, momentum, and external funding. The Friends’ reserves can support initial steps (including the steps to planning permission) in parallel with fundraising, including exploring potential match-funding opportunities, but can only contribute to costs genuinely additional to the school’s capital budget.