‘Exciting’ plans for a new £17m school for children with special educational needs and disabilities have taken a step forward. The much-needed school would be built on the vacant Orrishmere Primary School site, in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport and cater for up to 133 pupils.
Stockport does not currently have enough SEND places, meaning that each year many children are sent out-of-borough for their education - a situation bosses predict is only likely to get worse. But in 2020 the council successfully bid for government cash to create a new SEND secondary school in the area.
A ‘free school’ it would be run by Prospere Learning Trust, which has four other schools in south Manchester. Now contractor Spatial Initiative Limited - which is developing proposals with the Department for Education - is to hold a public consultation prior to submitting a planning application.
