Plans for centre to support excluded pupils approved

The facility would accommodate 50 pupils from 11 to 16 years of age

Plans for an alternative provision centre that supports excluded pupils have been given the go-ahead.

Nottingham City Council has approved a planning application from Safe Haven Alternative Provision of Excellence to convert an office building in Clumber Avenue into an alternative provision facility.

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) the new centre would be able to accommodate 50 pupils from 11 to 16 years of age.

Planning documents said the students had experienced "significant adverse childhood experiences and trauma" and the majority of them had been permanently excluded from school.

The document added: "The students in our provision are at risk of anti-social behaviour and criminalisation.

"A significant part of our work with them is around supporting and enabling them to be able to break that cycle."

The facility first started out in February 2024 and grew from three students to almost 50 in its first 15 months of operation at its first location on Alfreton Road, the LDRS added.