High-quality modular classrooms and school buildings from Portakabin, covering the full education spectrum, from early-years nurseries to colleges and universities.
Education buildings
The full spectrum
We understand the wide range of facilities needed to support outstanding education. Whether you need a single modular classroom or a complete modular school building, Portakabin creates adaptable spaces tailored to your site constraints and curriculum requirements.
Modular classroom buildings can be integrated within existing schools or used as the foundation for a new development. Beyond classrooms, Portakabin modular buildings can accommodate every facility an education provider might require, from lecture theatres and laboratories to music rooms, sports halls and essential areas such as toilets, showers and changing facilities. By utilising the modern modular methods of construction, all facilities can be delivered faster and with less disruption through modern modular construction.
At the heart of every school are the classrooms, where inspirational environments support effective teaching and learning. Modular classroom buildings, with climate control and bright natural light, offer all the modern comfort and space required to enhance the experience of every learner, helping teachers manage behaviour and hold attention of the whole class.
A modular classroom building is a pre-fabricated classroom that has been manufactured off site and then transported to itsa school location. It means that a fully fitted-out Portakabin modular classroom buildings can be installed and ready to use up to 70% faster than traditionally built classrooms. Off site construction of the modular classroom buildings means that the disruption and mess of construction is kept away from the school. Modular classroom buildings can be seamlessly joined together side-by-side or end-to- end, as well as mounted to form multi-storey school complexes, giving you flexibility to design a facility that fits your needs.
Emergencies happen, but providing a continued learning experience for young people stays a priority. Do you find yourself in need of temporary school buildings, in response to an emergency? Do you want to maintain your excellent quality teaching standards? Are you designing from the ground up and want the sustainability and speed of modular classroom buildings? You can trust Portakabin to deliver.
Portakabin is also on hand to support with emergency planning by conducting a thorough Emergency Buildings Plan (EBP) to support in Disaster Recovery Planning together with your internal team. You can request this free service for your facility at any point – improving your preparedness for any emergency.
Many schools and colleges have benefitted from our one-stop-shop approach, giving them the ease of one point of contact all the way through the process. From planning and groundworks to exterior vinyl wraps and internal furniture, we offer classrooms that are considerably larger than average and exceed Department for Education (DfE) guidelines on classroom size. Portakabin can also deliver simple classrooms where space or budgets are tight; with school buildings for sale or hire, Portakabin can fulfil all your requirements.
All our modular school buildings, whether they are temporary or permanent, can be designed to meet permanent building regulations, including Part M, Equality Act, SENDA, Building Bulletins and BREEAM.
We’ve worked with schools across the UK for decades, giving us a clear insight into the best practice for creating inspiring learning environments. There are many ways that Portakabin solutions work for educational spaces.
Our priorities were speed, quality and cost efficiency and Portakabin has excelled in each area. We are delighted that the building was handed over on time and on budget in time for the start of the new academic year – and despite a very tight programme.
Paul McCulloch, Head of Capital Development, University of Cumbria
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After the main school buildings had to be vacated following technical concerns raised by the Department for Education, the team at Sir Frederick Gibberd College (SFG) had over 650 pupils to urgently relocate. Of the three schools Portakabin was engaged to deliver for, SFG was the largest and had an extensive list of requirements to ensure standards at the high performing secondary school did not slip.
