Pick Everard has completed a new secondary school on the site of Barnet FC’s former north London stadium, where the pitch was infamous for its significant slope.

The practice has delivered a £25m building with space for 1,200 pupils for Ark Pioneer Academy on the former Underhill Stadium site.

Barnet FC, which currently plays in the National League – the fifth tier of English football, moved from Underhill Stadium to a new base in Edgware in 2013. The government’s Education & Skills Funding Agency bought the site in 2015 to address an urgent need for school places in Barnet.

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