(UK) Petersham: Special school for 77 opens

Sept 11, 2026, South London: New SEND school in Petersham complete - southlondon.co.uk

A new school allowing more children with special educational needs to stay close to home will open in South West London for the upcoming academic year.

The new centre for the Clarendon School, in Petersham, has been completed and will open in September, after Richmond Council approved the plans in 2023.

Clarendon Riverside Centre will provide up to 77 places for primary and secondary pupils with moderate learning difficulties and complex needs in the eastern part of Richmond borough, which has typically lacked such provision.

The centre will be managed by the Auriga Academy Trust, which already runs the Clarendon School across three sites in Richmond for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) – including a primary and secondary school.

It will provide 95 extra places for Clarendon pupils in total, with 77 at the new school and the opening up of a further 18 at the existing sites. . . .