HELPING BREATHE NEW LIFE AND COLOUR INTO HILL PARK SCHOOL

We’re delighted to have been able to support the recent renovation of Hill Park School in Brighton, donating a range of our paint products and colour expertise, as well as even getting stuck into the painting ourselves, to help transform the school into a fresh, clean and calm space.

 

Hill Park School is a special education school, described as providing a positive and dynamic school community. While the school interior was in need of renovation and redecoration, sadly limited budgets and available funding presented a challenge.

We’ve donated a range of our products, including Valspar Trade Tough Silk, Wood & Metal Gloss and Wood & Metal Knot Block Wood Primer & Undercoat, for the 1,200 sqm of corridor walls, 2,400 sqm of classroom walls and 1,000m of skirting boards and architraves. Working closely with the school a bespoke colour palette was created, focussed around blue and teal shades for the ground floor and first floor classrooms, including Misty Harbour, Blue Wool and In the Shallows. Daffodil Yellow was also colour matched for the corridors and central areas, creating a bright and welcoming interior, as well as meeting the required Light Reflectance Values (LRV) for visually impaired students.

Speaking about the colours specified, Richard Palmer, our Head of Trade explained: “When it comes to choosing colours for educational spaces, such as schools, there is a lot to consider. Colour really does have the power to positively (or negatively) impact concentration, creativity and productivity levels.

“For example, greens, blues and greys are known to promote feelings of calm and positive well-being, with blue tones specifically highlighted as a preferred colour for those with a visual impairment. These cool tones can also contribute to reduced stimulation within individuals who may have ADHD or those with a neurodiversity, such as autism. Our aim was to create a series of inviting and calm interior spaces, that provided students and staff with a clean and fresh learning environment.”

Clare Langhorne, Head of Secondary at Hill Park School, said: “Our budget means that we are very limited in terms of what we can do with the school interior. Some of the classrooms haven’t been painted for 15 years, so to have this support from Valspar Trade has been incredible. Having a freshly decorated school will make such a difference. The children gain so much from it just by having a nice learning environment, it makes them feel looked after and nurtured, feelings that are really important. They’re going to be so shocked in September – it will be wonderful.”