on materials creating unique 'honeycombed' plaster walls and minimal scree between floors. Still the design observed the best principles of modernism, with concrete stairs positioned at each corner of the oblong building, boxed in glass and steel frames. The shoe-box shape described a 'quadrangle' that served as an inner playground as well as letting natural light into the corridors. William Turnbull's sculpture 'Stargazer', popularly known as 'the Fish' stood in the quad. In the early 2000s (decade), the architects De Rijke Marsh and Morgan and builders Galliford Try refurbished the building, adding a translucent, and sun-sensitive 'skin' over the quadrangle, adding additional corridors, and constructing a wooden framed, egg-shaped 'pod' that projected into the quad, containing a music hall. The re-build was controversial after the administrator Hilary Cottam was awarded the Designer of the Year award 2005. The building refurbishment and the stakeholders, including architects drMM, have achieved world recognition for the project. Recognition has included: 2009 Highly Commended - British Council for School Environments Industry Awards 'Inspiring Design' 2008 Highly Commended - World Architecture Festival Awards 'Learning' Category 2005 Winner - Royal Fine Art Commission 'Building of the Year Award' 2004 Winner - The Wood Awards (for the Auditorium) 2004 Winner M4I - Demonstration Award (for the consultation process) The building refurbishment programme was also featured on Channel 4's 'Secret Life of Buildings' presented by Tom Dyckhoff in August 2011 where the highly positive effect of the building and the spaces created on the students was discussed. Kingsdale Foundation School Sixth Form The school re-opened its sixth form in September 2010 and offers a range of courses at Level 2 and Level 3. These include Advanced Levels in Art, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History, Mathematics, Music, French, German, Spanish, Latin, Economics, Psychology, English Literature and Philosophy, Post-16 Scholarships are made available for students in Mathematics and the Creative and Performing Arts. Sixth Form students have access to a refurbished study centre incorporating an open plan space, as well as a range of other facilities including a music recording studio, wireless internet connection, Auditorium and HD projector equipped classrooms. The school offers a number of official Open Evening events for students each year and has advertised the option of private tours for prospective students. In 2020, sixty per cent of the graduating students secured places at Russell Group Universities, whilst approximately 45% of all A level grades achieved were A*- A