June 28, 2022, Knutsford Guardian: Wilmslow day centre could become satellite special school https://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/20241157.planning-application-wilmslow-satellite-special-school/
NW England
PLANS to transform the vacant Dean Row Centre at Wilmslow into a satellite special school have moved a step closer with the submission of a planning application.
The council-owned building, which was used until 2012 to support adults with learning disabilities, will become a satellite school for the highly rated Springfield Special School in Crewe if planning permission is granted….
A design and access statement submitted with the planning application states: “It is proposed that the existing, unoccupied Cheshire East Council asset, the Dean Row Centre, be adapted for re-use as a special educational needs and disabilities school (SEND), with a focus on catering for people with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD).
“The satellite school will be required to accommodate a minimum of 70 students with ASD, with a top capacity of 80 students.”
The report states the Dean Row Centre Satellite School will cater primarily for children and young people between the ages of four and 19 with ASD.
“At the more demanding spectrum of requirements, some pupils may have severe and complex needs, profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), others have severe nonverbal autism (ASD),” says the report….
The school will have 37 full-time equivalent staff.
Student classes will be organised by ability rather than age.
Cheshire East’s children and families committee agreed last July that Springfield School could expand on to the satellite site at Wilmslow….
Cllr Kathryn Flavell
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