(UK) Chester gets one of 39 NEW autism schools for kids with challenging behavior

Mar 27, 2019, Cheshire Live: Special needs school to open in Chester's Abbey Square https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/special-needs-school-open-chesters-16033155 Independent school with accommodation would have a particular focus on autism Plans have been approved to transform empty buildings in Chester’s historic Abbey Square into a place of learning for children with special needs. The cathedral had lodged plans in partnership with Special Needs Care (SNC) Ltd to convert its grade II*-listed properties at numbers 10 and 11 into a school for 75 pupils. Now both planning and listed building consent has been granted for Abbey School which is scheduled to open to students, aged 4-19, in September 2020. … "Our school is for children and young persons aged 4-19 years, with a diagnosis of autism and/or global developmental delay, who may display behaviour of concern or behaviour that challenges families and services…. And if the school proposal sounds familiar it’s because University Cathedral Free School had wanted to open a facility for 220 primary age children at the same location but planning permission has since expired.