Pupils picked up a spade and joined key stakeholders at a ground breaking ceremony at Silverwood School to mark the beginning of works to create additional places for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
The event marks a key milestone in a new build of classes and additional facilities at the Rowde campus. The work will extend the existing campus to provide a high quality provision for 350 pupils by September 2023
The work will include creating a ‘school within a school’ feel with a community of small teaching clusters that will provide a range of specialist teaching spaces, therapeutic support and quiet dining. Also planned is a hydrotherapy pool, a new all- weather sport pitch, new playing fields, landscaping and ecological enhancements. The new facilities create exciting new learning spaces for Early Years/Reception aged children, through to post-16 learners, each with their own designated areas with age appropriate facilities.
Wiltshire Council has organised the build to help provide sufficient places into the future. The designs were informed by feedback from a series of workshops and online meetings with the school community, local people, families and staff.
“All Silverwood children and young people from across our campuses including Trowbridge and Chippenham will benefit from the amazing facilities the new build will offer,” said Sean McKeown, Executive Headteacher at Silverwood School. “We have spoken about this for a long time and now it is becoming a reality. Our whole school community is incredibly excited to be involved in this project and watching their new space develop.”