CONSTRUCTION of a new £23million state-of-the-art school in Bridgwater is now complete. The first pupils will this summer attend Polden Bower School, in Bower Lane, which will cater for 160 young people with complex needs. The project is part of a wider Somerset County Council programme to boost provision for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) in the county. The purpose-built school is for four to 16-year-olds with the most complex needs, while a further 40 places for 16 to 19-year-olds will be provided at the existing Penrose School site. Primary aged children are due to start on site in June, with older children following in July so that they get the accustomed to their new environment before the start of the new school year in September.
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Somerset council promises to work with parents and schools to prevent rise in home-schooling
Campaigners have criticised the council for being inflexible and not helping SEND pupils
12:53, 9 MAR 2021
Many children have been studying from home during lockdown (Image: Getty Images)
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