July 23, 2020, South Wales Argus: Special needs school in Caerphilly set for expansion https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/18601979.special-needs-school-caerphilly-set-expansion/ AN ADDITIONAL £647,000 [$824K U.S.] will be taken from Caerphilly council’s cash reserves to help fund the expansion of Trinity Fields School and Resource Centre. Trinity Fields is the only school in the county borough providing education for pupils with learning difficulties. Growing demand for pupils aged three to 19 to be accommodated at the school has led the council to look into expanding the site. Currently there are 178 pupils who attend the school and nearly all have a statement of special educational needs for severe learning difficulties, physical and medical difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties or autistic spectrum disorders. The council’s proposal is to build an extension on the playing field next to the school, which will allow room for an extra 80 pupils…. However, this has led to a £2.6 million [$3.3M U.S.] increase in the project’s cost. The council is contributing £647,000 (25 per cent), which will be funded through the social services capital earmarked reserves…. “The fact that we are across the road from the hospital is vital because if a child has a seizure or if there’s a problem wit a little one, we have a hospital across the road.”
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