(UK) Glamorgan: New $27M special school to add 150 "desperately needed" places
Work at Ysgol Llyn Derw, the second site to special needs school Ysgol y Deri, has been no easy feat after a series of setbacks but staff have informed pupils, parents and guardians online that this summer marked the beginning of their move into the new site.
Vale of Glamorgan Council’s cabinet members approved plans to expand Ysgol y Deri with a new site in April 2021.
This £20m [$27M] new school build will provide space for an additional 150 pupils with additional learning needs.
The plans include indoor spaces for the school that have been arranged over two storeys and allow for the most efficient building shape, all while maintaining a compact footprint and as much external space as possible.
Outside, the landscape surrounding the school buildings will function as an extension, offering teaching spaces and areas for sport, play, socialising, relaxation and reflection. . . .
In March 2023, Ysgol y Deri headteacher Chris Britten spoke at a Vale of Glamorgan Council planning meeting to let councillors know just how desperately needed this expansion was.
It was originally expected to be complete by the summer term in June 2025, but construction is still ongoing, though it seems as though the finishing touches are being put in place.
Many parents and carers have already taken to social media to express their joy and excitement of the move into this new site – now, one of the final steps is to get the pupils inside and into their classrooms.
Ysgol y Deri, which featured in the BBC documentary ‘A Special School’, has been called Britain’s biggest special needs school.
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