(UK) Rushden: New SPED school by 2020; to 'meet rising demand'

Sept 13, 2018, Northamptonshire Telegraph: Trust announces location of new special school in Rushden https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/trust-announces-location-of-new-special-school-in-rushden-1-8634174 A new special school for students with learning difficulties is set to open in Rushden in 2020. Friars Academy Trust, which runs Friars Academy in Wellingborough, is delighted to announce the location of Friars East Free School, their new 145-place special secondary school in Rushden…. When the new school building is complete, it will offer places to 145 children aged 11 to 19 with special educational needs. Friars East Free School will cater for students with moderate learning difficulties to severe learning difficulties, including students with autism…. John Turnbull, chairman of Friars Multi-Academy Trust and Suzzanne Ijewsky, executive headteacher of Friars Multi-Academy Trust, said: “We are delighted that a site has now been secured for Friars East Free School. “The new school is much-needed and will meet the rising demand for additional special school places in Northamptonshire….