NEW SPORTS HALL - OPENING SPRING 2025

Simon Balle All-through School are scheduled to open their new sports hall in the Spring of 2025. We are currently inviting expressions of interest in out-of-school bookings for this new facility. Interested parties can register their proposed requirements using this form.

The new sports hall will be able to accommodate:

  • 1 netball court
  • 4 badminton courts
  • 2 cricket nets
  • 1 5-a-side football court
  • 1 basketball court
  • Hockey training facilities
  • Exercise classes

For any direct enquiries not covered by the form, please email bookings@simonballe.herts.sch.uk

To see the other facilities the school offers for hire, please click here.

 

CURRENT PROGRESS AND INFORMATION

Work is well under way on the new sports hall and is currently on schedule, despite a few surprises during the groundworks phase. As you can see from the photos, the steelwork is in place, and the floor is due to be arriving in the next two weeks (along with a very big crane).

We are pleased to announce that work will commence on our new Sports Hall on Monday 15th July. The Sports Hall will provide our students with a significant improvement to their sporting facilities, as well as a space that can be used by the wider community.

There continue to be a large number of deliveries to the site, along with some quite substantial pieces of machinery. As ever, we thank you for your patience.

As previously communicated, the loss of parking spaces and disruption to the front of the school has necessitated some changes to the way the car park operates:

  • Access to the carpark will be limited to staff and a very small number of parents where a medical need means that walking to the site would be impossible. We have communicated with parents that have applied for a new access pass.
  • The car park barriers will be closed from 0810 to 1545. Those dropping students at the Busy Lizzies breakfast club will need to arrive before 0810.
  • Parents without an access pass should not attempt to enter the car park at drop off or pick up times, nor should they drop students in Mangrove Road: this is dangerous for our students and other road users. The London Road car park (next to the fire station) is a far more suitable site: there is ample space to wait, and access is far easier (and quicker) than attempting to drive along Mangrove Road. It is an 11 minute walk from the London Road car park to the school: students and parents should factor this into their journey time.
  • The car park behind the Larch and astro will be a staff-only car park. 
  • Although not a change, we would like to remind you that there is absolutely no parking on site for sixth form students.

The presentation below outlines arrangements for the safe use of the car park, including specific routes for pedestrians.

Thank you in anticipation for your partnership and support in order to ensure the safety of all members of the school community.