1/1 PLANS to provide Southampton with a new school for pupils with special educational needs have been unveiled. A consortium of specialist education investors has acquired part of the former site of St Mary’s Independent School in Bitterne Grove. The new school - Yarrow Heights - is due to open in September. As reported in the Daily Echo St Mary s operated for almost a century before being placed into administration last spring. Speaking at the time Royston Smith, Tory MP for Southampton Itchen, said he hoped it would reopen. Anne Marie Carrie, chair of Yarrow Heights School and former chief executive of Barnardo’s, highlighted the rising number of school-age children with special educational needs (SEN).