Aug 6, 2024, Chad: Plans to create two specialist learning centres for vulnerable youngsters in Mansfield area
N. central England
Two plans to boost the quality of specialist education for vulnerable youngsters in the Mansfield area have been unveiled.
The first is to convert a three-bed residential property at Redcot House, 14 Hermitage Lane into a learning base for children, aged ten to 16, who are unable to attend mainstream schools.
And the second is to turn the former caretaker’s bungalow at Brunts Academy, The Park into classrooms for youngsters with mental health and learning difficulties. . . .
Mansfield-based Phoenix ND, founded and operated by mum Eloise Barnett, is a recognised specialist provider of alternative education for pupils with additional needs.
The statement says: “This would aid kids who sorely need more attention and direction to lead them towards a more successful adult route by preventing anti-social behaviour.
"To provide for these children, who are not as fortunate as mainstream students, great care and consideration have gone into the change of use proposal from a residential to a commercial property.”
Under the plan, the non-residential centre would open between 9.30 am and 2.30 pm during school terms and also for a week at Easter and two weeks in the summer.
There would be six to 15 youngsters on site at any one time, supervised by three members of staff. The children are described as having “a spectrum of neurodiversity requirements but no physical disabilities”. . . .
The trust oversees three schools – Stubbin Wood and Model Village Primary at Shirebrook and Whaley Thorns Community Primary and Nursery – and collaborates with ten others across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. . . .
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