{"id":132652,"date":"2023-09-20T11:55:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T10:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=132652"},"modified":"2023-09-20T11:55:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T10:55:46","slug":"tilbury-douglas-completes-semh-heights-academy-ahead-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/tilbury-douglas-completes-semh-heights-academy-ahead-schedule\/132652\/","title":{"rendered":"Tilbury Douglas completes SEMH Heights Academy ahead of schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tilbury Douglas has completed the construction of the SEMH Heights Academy, a new school in the West Midlands, ahead of schedule<\/h2>\n<p>The two-story SEMH Heights Academy, located in Solihull, has been built on the site of the former Bosworth Infant and Junior Schools.<\/p>\n<p>The school will accommodate 116 students aged 7 to 16 who have an Educational and Health Care Plan for Autism along with associated Social, Emotional &amp; Mental Health (SEMH) needs.<\/p>\n<h3>The school is optimised for SEMH needs<\/h3>\n<p>The school has a range of specialised features, such as calming rooms, sensory immersion rooms, soft playrooms, breakout areas, and a nurses&#8217; station. The site also features separate and secure routes to ensure safe drop-offs.<\/p>\n<p>The project was undertaken on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a great achievement from all those involved to be able to hand over the new facility, ahead of its planned completion date, to Forward Education Trust, which will no doubt deliver a high-quality learning environment for the students,\u201d commented Simon Butler, managing director building central at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/people\/tilbury-douglas-announces-appointment-barry-o-hagan-regional-director-scotland\/132326\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tilbury Douglas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>The SEMH Heights Academy was built with sustainability at the forefront<\/h3>\n<p>Tilbury Douglas achieves a 70% return on investment in terms of social value on the <a href=\"https:\/\/heights.fet.ac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heights Academy<\/a> project.<\/p>\n<p>This was achieved through a range of means, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over \u00a34,000 worth of in-kind donations<\/li>\n<li>15 weeks dedicated to work placements<\/li>\n<li>60 weeks allocated to apprentice training<\/li>\n<li>104 hours of educational support<\/li>\n<li>Saving of 10 tonnes of wood waste through community wood recycling efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThe development of The Heights Academy is an important milestone for this Trust and for the children and parents in Solihull Borough. This is our second school development with Tilbury Douglas, having opened High Point Academy, Wednesbury, in September 2021,\u201d said Simon Dilkes, chief executive officer at the Forward Education Trust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA school specifically designed to meet the needs of children will strongly support us in providing the best possible education and care for the children, significantly improving their life chances as they move to adulthood,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tilbury Douglas has completed the construction of Heights Academy, a new school in the West Midlands, ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172731],"tags":[997,3649,13889],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-132652","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-projects","7":"tag-development","8":"tag-education","9":"tag-tilbury-douglas"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tilbury Douglas completes SEMH Heights Academy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tilbury Douglas has finished SEMH Heights Academy early. 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