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 due to finish around the Easter holiday.

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.
  • There is currently no way to drive through the site: the exit gate is being used as a temporary entrance, with cars following a one-way route past the swimming pool and back out of the White Lodge gate.
  • 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 is 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.