(UK) Calderdale: Special school "overwhelmed by demand" set to expand

Aug 27, 2025, Halifax Courier: Calderdale special schools: Two parcels of council land to be used to extend Halifax school

https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/education/calderdale-special-schools-two-parcels-of-council-land-to-be-used-to-extend-halifax-school-5289018 

Central England

Councillors are set to transfer two pieces of public open land in Halifax from one council departments to another so a school can extend.

If Calderdale Council cabinet members agree when they meet on Monday, two parcels of land at Spring Hall Mansion on Huddersfield Road will be transferred to enable big changes at Ravenscliffe High School.

Councillors have heard that the school, for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), is overwhelmed by demand.

Along with other proposals, including plans to build a new SEND school at North Halifax, extending Ravenscliffe is one solution.

They are asked to agree to permanently appropriate land for the proposed extension to the north of the existing school building and temporarily appropriate a site for a temporary building to provide extra space for pupils while a new extension is built.

After the new extension is built, a recommendation would be made to cabinet to return that land back to open space. . . .