TG Escapes Blog

TG Escapes offers a fast design and build service, creating award-winning timber modular buildings for a huge range of clients. Whether you’re starting a project or stuck waiting for planning permission, we’re here to help. With streamlined in-house work, and a truly bespoke building system, we’ll deliver the solution your clients need, on time and […]

At TG Escapes, we believe that every child deserves a space designed with them in mind. Our team has years of experience delivering bespoke, eco-friendly buildings to schools across the UK, with a focus on SEND and SEMH facilities. Whether supporting pupils with physical disabilities, emotional and behavioural needs, sensory processing challenges or cognitive impairments, […]

SEND buildings, within both mainstream and specialist schools, are subject to a range of legal guidelines. These help to ensure that every student has the best opportunities to succeed in a space tailored to their needs. TG Escapes designs and builds a range of SEND buildings throughout the UK, creating safe, positive spaces for pupils. […]

UK Independent Schools are witnessing a significant increase in the number of neurodiverse students enrolling. Conditions such as autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and dyspraxia are increasingly recognised, not as deficits, but as part of the natural variation in human cognition. Estimates suggest that neurodivergent individuals may make up 15-20% of the UK school population. While independent […]

Panelised construction systems, often classified as Category 2A modular by the Modular and Portable Building Association MPBA, form a crucial part of Modern Methods of Construction MMC. These systems consist of pre-assembled wall, roof and floor panels, manufactured in a controlled factory setting to ensure quality, efficiency and sustainability. Sitting between traditional construction and volumetric […]

Section 106 agreements, negotiated between developers and local authorities, ensure that new developments contribute to essential infrastructure, services, and community facilities, including schools, nurseries, community buildings, and green spaces. We’ve laid out the essentials of Section 106, looked at how these buildings can be funded, and highlighted how our award-winning buildings can help developers meet […]

As the demand for early years education rises, nurseries across the UK are under increasing pressure to provide sufficient spaces. Driven by a number of factors, from population growth and new neighbourhoods to expanding government-funded childcare, nurseries need high-quality new buildings designed and built as fast as possible. Offering high-quality, purpose-built learning environments, modular buildings […]

Solihull Sixth Form College’s ambitious expansion took a giant leap forward on January 6th with the unveiling of the Turvey Building. This impressive addition, constructed in a mere seven months, will immediately accommodate 400 new learners, a testament to the efficiency of TG Escapes’ innovative modular building approach. The Turvey Building, named in tribute to […]

While some children with complex needs benefit most from education within a specialist school, many SEND students can and do thrive in mainstream settings, allowing them to develop alongside their peers. As the number of SEND students grows, there is increasing pressure on mainstream schools to expand their provisions with specialist units, trained staff, and […]

Across the UK and more than 100 other countries, BREEAM is the most famous framework for achieving environmentally friendly buildings at construction. Our team has seen the positives and negatives of BREEAM firsthand, alongside the crucial factors a client needs to consider if they want to achieve a high BREEAM score for a new building. […]

There is a great need for quality new SEND facilities within UK schools, both mainstream and specialist, offering a stellar opportunity to create spaces that go above and beyond to support these students. By creating sensory-rich, adaptable, and natural spaces, we can provide a fantastic educational experience for a full range of SEND students, creating […]

In SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) environments, flexibility is crucial, with each child requiring different considerations in terms of space, design, and functionality. With a crisis in SEND placements gripping the UK, any new spaces we build must be able to meet the complex needs of different pupils, and grow over time should pupil […]