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.
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.
A NEW £23million special school which will cater for 160 students across Somerset with complex needs is taking shape. Spectacular aerial footage taken in November by Bristol architects AWW shows the size and scale of the new Polden Bower school site in Bridgwater. 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 at Bower Lane will cater for students aged four to 16 with the most complex needs, including those with significant mobility difficulties. A further 40 places for young people aged 16-19 will also be provided at the existing Penrose School site.