{"id":94387,"date":"2021-06-04T12:07:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=94387"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:07:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:07:23","slug":"sunningdale-sen-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/sunningdale-sen-school\/94387\/","title":{"rendered":"Kier to deliver new \u00a312.5m Sunningdale SEN school"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kier.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kier<\/a> has been appointed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunderland.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunderland City Council<\/a> to create a new \u00a312.5m special educational needs (SEN) school for disabled children<\/h2>\n<p>The 4000m<sup>2<\/sup> new-build special educational needs school is set to replace a current facility that is at the end of its life.<\/p>\n<p>The new site will offer around 56 regular parking spaces and four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/ramps-accessible-design\/91582\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accessible bays<\/a> for staff and visitors, along with electric charging bays for four vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Construction of therapy provisions for pupils will range from rebound therapy, hydrotherapy pool, sensory facilities, soft play and each class will have a storage area for mobility equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Informal play and grass playing fields will also be provided across the wider site, alongside a wetlands area, nature trail and habitat area.<\/p>\n<p>Cycle-friendly facilities will also be incorporated as part of the development, including secure storage shelters and changing facilities with showers to encourage use of sustainable commuting.<\/p>\n<p>Kier is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/kier-new-schools-kent\/90099\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">delivering a number of education schemes<\/a> across the North East and late last year, it handed over three new schools to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department for Education<\/a> where across the UK we hand over more than one school project a week.<\/p>\n<p>Kier has worked on numerous SEN projects across the country and has recently handed over Forest Bridge School in Maidenhead, which has 96 pupils aged between 4-16 with a primary diagnosis of autism.<\/p>\n<p>The project has been procured through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nepo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North East Procurement Organisation<\/a> (NEPO) framework.<\/p>\n<p>The facility will start on site in late spring and is due to be completed in the summer of 2022.<\/p>\n<h3>The very best for all young people<\/h3>\n<p>Dan Doherty, regional director at Kier Regional Building North &amp; Scotland, said: \u201cWe are delighted to have been appointed to deliver this project which will strengthen our relationship with Sunderland City Council. We will use our range of experience in delivering first-class education projects to build a high-class facility for Sunderland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Statement attributable to Sunderland City Council\u2019s cabinet member for children, learning and skills, Louise Farthing: \u201cAll of our children and students always deserve the very best education, the very best facilities and as a City Council we\u2019ve always been committed to ensuring this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new build here at Sunningdale is another example of our continuing programme to update and provide the very best for all young people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommissioned by the City Council\u2019s Neighbourhood\u2019s Directorate and designed in-house under the direction of the Capital Projects Team, we look forward to working with Kier on these new facilities for children with severe learning and physical difficulties.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kier has been appointed by Sunderland City Council to create a new \u00a312.5m special educational needs (SEN) school for disabled children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"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":[304],"tags":[580,676,430,673,276,472,639,669],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-94387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-accessible-environments","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-energy-efficiency","10":"tag-energy","11":"tag-government","12":"tag-kier","13":"tag-procurement","14":"tag-regeneration"},"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>Kier to deliver new \u00a312.5m Sunningdale SEN school<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kier has been appointed by Sunderland City Council to create a new \u00a312.5m special educational needs (SEN) school for disabled children\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/sunningdale-sen-school\/94387\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kier to deliver new \u00a312.5m Sunningdale SEN school\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kier has been appointed by Sunderland City Council to create a new \u00a312.5m special educational needs (SEN) school for disabled children\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/sunningdale-sen-school\/94387\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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