Sept 28, 2021, Derbyshire Live: School for children with autism planned for Derby suburban https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/school-children-autism-planned-derby-5977839
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Plans to convert a former nursing home into a school for children with autism in a city suburb have been submitted to Derby City Council.
Autism East Midlands (AEM) wants to convert the Manor House home in Manor Road, Littleover into a day school for up to 20 pupils and around 20 staff.
AEM's principal school is Sutherland House School in Nottingham, which takes some Derby children on referral from the city council.
The planning application for a change of use says that this supports a "clear community need" for an increase in the provision of specialist schooling for autistic children from in and around Derby and adds "this growing need is the main driver of this proposal"….
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