(UK) Hartlepool: 'Much needed' special school approved

July 31, 2023, Northern Echo: New SEND building at Hartlepool school to be built for 'much needed capacity' https://uk.news.yahoo.com/send-building-hartlepool-school-built-050000919.html

NE England

Plans have been approved for a new building at a North East school to increase provision for young people with additional educational needs.

Proposals had been submitted to Hartlepool Borough Council planning department to provide the new single-storey modular site at High Tunstall College of Science in Elwick Road.

The building will offer four classrooms, two breakout spaces, an open plan area and toilet facilities, and provide “much-needed capacity” to support young people with special educational needs.

A report from council planning officers has confirmed the proposals have now been approved, paving the way for work to start….

It said: “If there was no additional provision in place the young people with MLD would need to be placed outside of the town in high-cost and often low-quality independent provision.

“This not only places a financial burden on the local authority but also stops young people from being able to access their learning within their local community with their peers.”