HRH Duke of Gloucester visits local school

HRH the Duke of Gloucester officially opened Oundle School’s newly refurbished SciTec vision.

The extension to the school includes a new Mathematics department, new science project rooms as well as a newly refurbished Patrick Engineering Centre.

Also in attendance at the opening was former pupil Alex Patrick CBE.

Headteacher, Mrs Sarah Kerr-Dineen, said: “Wehope that, thanks to SciTec andall that happens within it, the pupils of today – and not only Oundelians – will become the engineers, inventors and innovators of the future.”

SciTec, originally opened in 2007, and is an award winning and ground breaking science complex with 16 state-of-the-art laboratories, project rooms and the newly extended and refurbished Patrick Engineering Centre.

The Duke of Gloucester tours the facilities.