A pupil referral unit with 72 students is set to move to a former care home building more than two miles away. The Spring Lane Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), Radcliffe, is set to be demolished along with the nearby pool and leisure centre as a new high school for the town is built on that site.
Bury Council has said it wishes to temporarily relocate the pupil referral unit to Spurr House on Pole Lane, Unsworth. The proposed site is currently a disused building which was previously a short stay residential home for the elderly.
Planning documents published earlier this month state Spurr House will be remodelled internally and extended to provide the required accommodation to house the PRU. If the plans are given approval the school will have standard classrooms, specialist teaching spaces and staff and administration areas.