(UK) Abingdon: Special needs school expands "to keep up with increasing demand"

Jan 13, 2018 (UK) Oxford Mail: Hugless Douglas helps school open much-needed extension http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/yourtown/abingdon/15826403.Hugless_Douglas_helps_school_open_much_needed_extension/ CHILDREN’S author David Melling helped a school in Abingdon celebrate the opening of a new extension which has been built to keep up with increasing demand. The Hugless Douglas illustrator visited the Kingfisher School on Monday along with a life-size version of his famous creation, formally cutting the ribbon for three new classrooms. The Radley Road academy is a special needs school for children and young people aged between two and 19. The original building was created in the 1980s and added to over the years as the school grew. It already has a special sensory room and swimming pool to provide for the needs of children with complex physical and mental disabilities. … The school also cited increasing demand for special needs education places within the area as another reason for expansion and stated the county council was putting pressure on the school, which is oversubscribed, to admit more students.