Wilburton could be home to new university for autistic young children

Explained as “education ready”, a faculty for little ones with autism could open up in 2021 and housed in four wooden cabins at Wilburton 

Fiona D’Arcy has place in a setting up application to East Cambridgeshire District Council to web site the cabins at Twentypence Road on a 2.5-acre discipline. 

She says the subject was beforehand utilised by The Phoenix College as a taking part in industry. The previous unbiased college was based mostly at Willow Tree cottage close by and the subject utilised for a wide variety of actions.  

“The college shut in 2018 and Willow Tree cottage was bought with a alter to household use in August 2020,” she states.  

“The proposed subject web site continues to be selected for academic use.” 


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Ms D’Arcy suggests the backers are Hope Tree College Ltd (a non-financial gain organisation).  

The proposal is for a compact independent faculty (30 young children) in between the ages of 7 and 14.  

“The school is created to satisfy the needs of young children with autism,” she suggests. 

And much more specifically for individuals children who have sensory problems and are unable to access the curriculum inside a mainstream placing and want obtain to an outdoor curriculum.  

Period one will involve placing 4 training prepared portacabins on the industry. 

Water, a septic tank and mains electrical will also be positioned on internet site “alongside extensive replenishment of current hedging, some wooden fencing to assure protection of the web page, a smaller woodland copse spot and suitable perform devices applying normal materials”.  

The site will have a sporting activities space, a vegetable backyard garden and intention to be ‘single use plastic’ totally free.  

Ms D’Arcy suggests that at a later on section and when funds authorized, they would hope to replace the non permanent portacabins with everlasting modular properties. 

Obtain would remain as it was earlier applying the most important gated entrance, a driveway and parking location will be developed employing recycled plastic grasscrete, stuffed with soil and grass seed. Rain h2o barrels will be applied on every single of the cabins to aid with recycling. 

The school designs to open in June 202, she suggests. It is probably that there will be four youngsters in the very first cohort. 

In September 2021 the purpose is to consider an supplemental four kids and to have in area by September 2022, 12 kids. 

“Following this we will consider an more four small children for each yr until we arrive at our most of 30 children,” suggests Ms D’Arcy.