New building plan for Nottingham academy
Funding has been approved to create new classrooms at Nottingham Girls' Academy.
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New classrooms and facilities could be created at a Nottinghamshire academy for students with special educational needs.
Nottingham City Council has approved almost £2m funding towards the project at Nottingham Girls’ Academy in Robin’s Wood Road.
The school said it would ensure extra places for SEND pupils in Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.
In a letter, Executive principal David Tungate wrote: “The changes will provide additional places for girls who may otherwise face significant additional barriers in attending a mainstream setting.”
Nottingham City Council has approved funding of £1.98m to create a specialist SEND provision at the academy, rated Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2023.
The council has funded the project with £1.08m from construction companies which were granted planning permission for other developments and forced to make Section 106 payments to improve the infrastructure in communities.
A further £895,050 will also come from a government High Needs Capital Grant, specifically for improving provision for children with special education needs and disabilities (SEND).
The school, run by the Greenwood Academies Trust, plans to create an additional block at the current site which will include four classrooms, breakout spaces, a social area and office.
'Enhance quality'
Mr Tungate said: “The new provision will be led by the existing school leadership team, supported by staff who have developed expertise in this area. We will also be recruiting additional staff to work with us. We plan to open this new resource in September 2025, building work permitting.”
The Local Democracy Reporting Service said in September there were now more than 2,000 children and young people receiving special educational needs support in the city.
The city council backed a plan to create extra places for children with additional needs to ‘stop children being taken miles away’.
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