Newark: Students make bat boxes to combat population decline

Despite their perception, Ms Oldham said parents should not worry about their presence near school grounds because bats are nocturnal.

“They are not interested in people, they were just foraging and doing their best to stay fattened up,” she added.

For the students involved in making the bat boxes, the project has provided the opportunity to do meaningful, hands-on work.

Penny Taylor, head of Newark College, said: “We can give them assessment work but it has to mean something.

“Doing a project like this where they see the vision, the end product and the giving to the customer is exactly how we want them to feel when they go to work.”