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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
National
Oliver Pridmore

New school planned to replace Ashfield doctor's surgery

Plans to open a new school for children with special educational needs at a former doctor's surgery in Ashfield have been submitted. The site in Hankin Avenue, Underwood, had initially been out of use since June 2018 when the medical practice moved elsewhere.

The Riley Foundation, a charity that supported children with special educational needs, then opened a sensory centre at the Hankin Avenue site. The centre opened in November 2020, but The Riley Foundation is now no longer a registered charity.

New plans have now been submitted to Ashfield District Council for a school to be based in the building. It would be run by REAL Education, an organisation established in 2008 to provide education for children and young people between the ages of 5 and 19 who may be "lost to learning."

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