My Basket My Account Box Office: 0845 548 7650 Saffron Hall Menu What’s on Visit Hire About Get involved Contact News Book Tickets About Saffron Hall Jump to The Hall The School The Trust The staff The development of Saffron Hall See the first two of four films telling the story of the development of the Hall. Saffron Hall Chapter 1 and Saffron Hall Chapter 2. The building of Saffron Hall Take a look at a selection of photographs that chart the build on our Flickr page. Saffron Hall is an award-winning, 730 seat performance space built in the grounds of Saffron Walden County High School. The hall’s much-praised flexible acoustic and state of the art facilities surpass many of the world’s more established venues and since the hall opened in November 2013 its reputation has been growing. The £10-million venue is the result of a partnership between Saffron Walden County High School and the Yellow Car Charitable Trust and is believed to be the largest gift of its kind to a state school. The Hall Thanks to continuing support from Yellow Car Charitable Trust, Saffron Hall will offer audiences across the region an outstanding line-up of world-class artists and ensembles. Saffron Hall’s aims also extend well beyond the concert hall and relationships with artists are already developing with regard to education work with Saffron Walden County High School, local schools and the surrounding area. The work of local groups is also extremely important at Saffron Hall and each season showcases an extensive programme of community and school events alongside the programme of visiting artists. Saffron Hall aims to be a trail-blazing model of state school and community music provision, producing outstanding events with world-class artists, inspiring through music and the arts. The School Saffron Walden County High School is a local comprehensive school of exceptional quality and committed to providing education of exceptional quality for the community it serves. The school aims to: attain standards of achievement that reflect the fact that all students have reached their full academic potential and achieved their personal best; promote the maximum opportunities for success by each student through excellent teaching and personalised learning; provide a secure and caring community that encourages academic ambition alongside respect and responsibility for all; provide inspirational and motivational leadership which offers clear direction and shared objectives, and management which maximises potential through valuing, supporting and developing people; and promote outstanding personal development opportunities for all students through a rich and varied programme of extra-curricular activities, including community engagement. The realisation of these aims can be seen in the School’s examination results, university successes, drama and musical performances, sporting activities, and the many and varied activities in which pupils are involved. SWCHS was designated as a National Teaching School in March 2013. Teaching schools are expected to play a leading role in driving school improvement in their local area as well as delivering outstanding ITE (Initial Teacher Education) and professional development programmes. Read more about Saffron Walden County High School The Trust The Yellow Car Charitable Trust was founded in 2008. It was established to make grants to specific projects identified by the Trust as offering particular educational and social benefits. Based in Saffron Walden, it has a particular interest in supporting initiatives that benefit the local community. Read more about Yellow Car Charitable Trust The staff Angela Dixon, Chief Executive angela.dixon@saffronhall.com Marcus Eustace, Stage and Technical Director marcus.eustace@saffronhall.com Hannah Gibbs, Production Manager hannah.gibbs@saffronhall.com Kate Duke, Front of House Manager kate.duke@saffronhall.com Will Harriss, Development Director will.harriss@saffronhall.com Samantha Walker, Marketing Director samantha.walker@saffronhall.com Tom Dickinson, Marketing and Development Assistant tom.dickinson@saffronhall.com Natalie Ellis, Learning and Participation Director natalie.ellis@saffronhall.com Harry Harste, Finance Controller harry.harste@saffronhall.com Elaine Rust, Finance Officer elaine.rust@saffronhall.com Sue Sylvester-Bradley, Community Liaison and Special Projects Press and PR enquiries should be directed to Albion Media isobel@albion-media.com +44(0)20 3077 4930 Audley End Road Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4UH Saffron Hall (administration office) 2 Gt Chesterford Court, London Rd Great Chesterford, Essex, CB10 1PF Tel: 01799 588 545 Tel: 01799 512190 Box Office: 0845 548 7650 Email: info@saffronhall.com Registered Company No: 8534643 Registered Charity No: 1153685 What’s on Visit Hire About Get involved Contact News Saffron Walden County High School | Yellow Car Charitable Trust Copyright 2013 Saffron Hall | Website by Substrakt