(UK) Margate: Special school for 80 students/40 staff opens
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Nov 22, 2025, Kent Online: New SEN school opened by Life Skills Enterprise at Northdown House in Margate
A new special educational needs (SEN) school has opened in one of Margate’s most historic buildings.
Life Skills Enterprise has launched the 80-pupil site at Northdown House in Margate - a Grade II-listed Georgian property previously used for weddings and events and as the base for another SEN school. . . .
The organisation later unveiled plans to create a day school for young people with autism, which have now been formally approved.
Two planning applications - one for listed building consent and one for the project - were submitted in July.
Planning documents reveal they had started some internal renovations without permission, and the application was partially retrospective.
Paul Barrett, executive principal of Life Skills Enterprise, said: “We are absolutely delighted to officially open Life Skills Enterprise, a new special school created to meet the growing needs of children and young people with SEND in our community. . . .
“We have assembled a highly skilled team of teachers, support staff and therapists who share a deep commitment to providing aspirational, nurturing and inclusive education.”
Sitting in the much-loved 23-acre Northdown Park, the school will have up to 80 specialist placements, requiring up to 40 staff. . . .
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