June 1, 2021, Birmingham Live: Old arson-hit school building in Wednesbury to be transformed https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/old-arson-hit-school-building-20716697
W. England A new school to cater for more than 120 children with special educational needs will be built on an arson-hit Wednesbury building. Planners at Sandwell Council have given the green light for the new Elm Tree Academy to be created on part of the former Manor High School site on Friar Park Road. It will cater for 126 children with autistic spectrum disorder and moderate learning difficulties aged between five and 11…. "The rigorous approach has produced a proposal which will enhance the standard of students' education, improve the skills of the workforce and provide a genuine community and education facility and asset for generations to come." When the plans for the school were put forward earlier this year, they were welcomed by council bosses.
