(UK) Barnet: Work begins on new autism school for 90 students; "delight/excitement felt"

Mar 7, 2023, B Daily: Morgan Sindall Construction ramps up progress at Barnet SEN School https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2023/03/07/morgan-sindall-construction-ramps-up-progress-at-barnet-sen-school

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Morgan Sindall Construction’s Northern Home Counties business has begun work on site at The Windmill School in Barnet to improve the number of quality SEN places in the region.

Being delivered on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE) and Barnet Special Education Trust, The Windmill School will be an all-age school for up to 90 pupils aged 5-18 with a primary diagnosis of autism, becoming the first publicly funded specialist school for autism in Barnet. …

The Windmill School will complement the existing local offer of special schools and autism specific provisions in mainstream schools, to provide places for children whose autism is the major barrier to their learning and who would find the sensory aspects of those environments too challenging for successful progress in their learning….

Lynda Walker, CEO of Barnet Special Education Trust, commented on the

as The Windmill School construction works were well underway….

…The Windmill School will offer a unique hub in the community with autism at the core, providing a centre of excellence that places our children and their families at the forefront of our work.”