Dec 15, 2022, Peterborough Today: Conquest Drove: plans for new SEN school with 'autism-friendly approach' located in Farcet near Peterborough https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/education/conquest-drove-plans-for-new-sen-school-with-autism-friendly-approach-located-in-farcet-near-peterborough-3952156
E. England
Plans for a new Special Educational Needs (SEN) school to be built near Peterborough, have been revealed.
The new school, which will provide places for 25 youngsters, aged 7-18 with learning difficulties, would be built on Conquest Grove, Farcet, if it is given the go ahead.
It will be run by a new company, Conquest Drove SEN School, with the company aiming to enrol children from the Peterborough, March, Huntingdon and Wisbech areas.
In their executive statement, published as part of the planning application, the company said: “Within Conquest Drove SEN School we provide tailored programmes, therapeutic environments and through our highly dedicated and experienced educational members we empower individuals to progress to achieve their ‘personal best’….
"The school will adopt an autism-friendly approach with a sense of importance attached to communication in its varied forms. Each student will learn at their own pace which will allow for personalised targets to be set, both academic and socially.”
The school is planning on having a staff to pupil ratio of 1:1 or high ratio staffing, depending on the needs of each individual pupil….
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