(UK) Warrington: $19.7M to add 100+ SPED places
- The end of childhood
- Apr 29
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April 29, 2025, Warrington.gov: Have your say on £14.7m [$19.7M] project to improve SEND education provision in Warrington
NW England
The council has launched an online consultation on plans to improve SEND education provision in Warrington, including increasing SEND school places and opening a new education and adult social care facility.
The consultation is asking residents for their views on significant changes to Fox Wood and Green Lane schools to increase SEND school places, as well as moving the Woolston Sixth Form College to create a new education and adult social care provision for young people aged 16+ with SEND.
These changes will provide an increase minimum of 100 special school places across Warrington, helping to meet the rising demand for local SEND education places and reduce the need for young people to be placed outside of the area. The capital investment into the Peace Centre building, currently home to the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation, was approved by the council’s cabinet on Monday 7 April, with works due to start in June. . . .The facility will provide a sixth form for young people aged 16+ with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), which is currently based at Woolston Learning Village.
In addition to the education facilities, the centre will also include Post-19 education and adult social care. The project aims to provide more support to people with SEND as they prepare for adulthood, to help them live independently, gain paid employment and be as healthy as possible.The plans for the building have been developed to include classrooms, multi-purpose spaces, ancillary spaces and a ground floor extension. External facilities will also include an all-weather walking track, horticultural learning area, playground, car parking and enlarged pick-up/drop-off spaces. . . .
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