(UK) Hyndburn: Council okays additional SPED classroom at elem school; part of $6.7M project
- The end of childhood
- Sep 7
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Sept 6, 2025, Lancashire Telegraph: Oswaldtwistle short-break hostel to go for SEND classroom
The former home of a short break unit for children and young people with special needs is to be knocked down to make way for a new classroom at an East Lancashire primary.
Hyndburn Council has given permission for the demolition of the Hargreaves House Hostel on the site of White Ash School in Thwaites Road, Oswaldtwistle.
The move will pave the way for the construction of an extra classroom at the ‘outstanding ‘school for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Hargreaves House was shut as part of a Lancashire County Council shake-up of respite care which saw a £5million [$6.7M] project to provide ground-breaking services for people with disabilities and their families from Hyndburn and Ribble Valley on the site of the former North Cliffe School in Great Harwood. . . .
“The applicants are the governors of White Ash Primary School. . . .
A spokesman for Lancashire County Council said: "Work is ongoing to demolish a single storey building on the site of White Ash Primary School. This building was part of the former Hargreaves House respite centre that was previously located there.
"Feasibility work will be undertaken by the County Council to consider the possible future use of this land."
“The overnight short breaks unit for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities relocated from Hargreaves House to a bespoke new facility which is called Hilltop Lodge. . . .
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