{"id":82582,"date":"2020-09-17T11:03:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T10:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=82582"},"modified":"2020-09-17T11:03:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T10:03:18","slug":"school-developments-west-midlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/school-developments-west-midlands\/82582\/","title":{"rendered":"Interserve begins work on two schools in the West Midlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interserve.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Interserve Construction<\/a> is now on-site at new High Point Academy in Wednesbury and the Beacon College Special Academy in Hereford<\/h2>\n<p>The new High Point Academy is a Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) school delivered under the DfE\u2019s Free School Programme.<\/p>\n<p>High Point Academy will provide education to 90 students ranging in age from 11 to 16 with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Asperger\u2019s and a range of learning difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>Operated by Barrs Court School Academy Trust, Beacon College Special Academy, another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/interserve-awarded-contract\/62865\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SEND school<\/a>, will create a facility for pupils with a range of specialist needs.<\/p>\n<p>The school will provide places for up to 60 pupils, aged from 16 to 19, with severe and complex learning difficulties, including autism.<\/p>\n<p>Interserve Construction was selected for both contracts by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department for Education<\/a> (DfE) which marks the eleventh new school build project that the company has won this year.<\/p>\n<h3>A growing portfolio<\/h3>\n<p>Simon Butler, divisional director at Interserve Construction, said: \u201cWe are delighted to be starting work on these two new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/interserve-school-build\/60989\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">special needs education projects<\/a>, which further adds to our growing portfolio of work in the education sector.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are able to draw on a wide range of experience and expertise within Interserve to build outstanding educational facilities by a locally-based team of construction professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dan Harmer, project manager at Interserve Construction who is overseeing the Hereford school project, said: &#8220;I am really proud to be involved in Beacon College.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This worthwhile project will hopefully benefit the DfE &amp; Barrs Court Trust, but more importantly, improve the lives of young adults with severe learning difficulties to ready them for life beyond education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Interserve team have spent months planning the scheme in readiness for starting on site. 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