Map: School Grounds Changes 2005 vs 2025 Report (Band 9)
Band-9 Task 1 map report on school grounds redevelopment, with education-facility vocabulary and expansion-grouping structure.
The maps show school grounds in 2005 and 2025. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features.
A Band-9 model report
The maps record a school's twenty-year expansion from compact buildings with open fields to a denser, facility-rich campus.
Overall, built area roughly doubled while playing fields were reorganized rather than removed. Classrooms multiplied, specialist facilities appeared, and circulation was formalized — growth with evident planning.
The northern academic zone transformed most. Two classroom blocks became four, arranged around a new central courtyard, with a dedicated science wing added to the east. The old library — a single room in 2005 — now occupies a purpose-built two-storey block with an ICT suite, reflecting curriculum digitization.
Sports provision specialized dramatically. The single grass pitch fragmented into an artificial-turf football court, two tennis courts, and a walled garden for younger pupils — variety replacing expanse. A new sports hall anchors the southern edge, connected by covered walkways that also link all major blocks, so students now circulate sheltered year-round.
Notably, mature trees along the eastern boundary survived all development, and the main entrance stayed fixed — continuity amid overhaul. The school doubled capacity without sacrificing its green edges, trading empty grass for programmed space.
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Examiner notes: why Band 9
Task Achievement (9): Overview quantifies (built area doubled) and characterizes (reorganized, not removed). Zones reported completely: academic, sports, circulation, survivors.
Coherence & Cohesion (9): North/sports/circulation/survivors sequence with zone transitions. "Fragmented," "anchors," "trading" sustain development register.
Lexical Resource (9): Campus precision: "facility-rich," "purpose-built," "ICT suite," "artificial-turf," "covered walkways," "programmed space." Exact facility language.
Grammatical Range & Accuracy (9): Passive for construction, participial phrases, em-dash qualification. Clean.
High-scoring phrases
- facility-rich campus — amenity density phrase
- growth with planning — deliberate expansion
- variety replacing expanse — specialization tradeoff
- circulate sheltered — covered movement
- continuity amid overhaul — preservation contrast
- trading grass for programmed space — exchange close
Quick answers
School and campus maps: what is the standard pattern?
Expansion plus specialization: more buildings, dedicated facilities replacing multipurpose space. Growth with purpose is the story.
How do I describe sports facility changes?
Precisely by surface and purpose: grass pitch replaced by artificial turf courts. Surface and function specificity scores.
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