Gloucestershire County Council planning sub-committee have given there support to a new SEN school in the Abbeydale part of Gloucester. The school will provide spaces for children with moderate and additional learning difficulties, across age groups 4 – 16 years. Robothams Architects have worked with Gloucester based contractor, E G Carter and GCC to develop the design following the practice’s appointment in 2023. Reach South were appointed in 2024 to operate the school, as a Trust with experience operating similar SEN schools.

Working with landscape architects and transport consultants Rappor, close attention was given to the operation of the school and the process of transport at the beginning and end of the day, reducing stress on pupils and impacts on local residents. The design works with the existing perimeter landscaping to retain a soft edge to neighbouring houses as well as pedestrian routes to the Ash path along the site’s western boundary.

The project should be on site during 2025, with more information available on the County Council’s website.

Robothams Architects were amongst those invited to join main contractor E G Carter at the signing of the steel frame at the new SEN school in Brockworth. Representatives of Gloucestershire County Council and Learn@ Multi Academy Trust all put their mark on one of the last steels to be installed.

Some of those attending said;

Sam Carter, Director at E G Carter & Co Ltd, said: “We are delighted to be able to celebrate this significant milestone at Brockworth SEMH. To see the steel frame erected is very exciting, as we can all now see the building start to take shape. This event is a great way to acknowledge this phase of the project.”

Cllr Philip Robinson, cabinet member for economy, education and skills at Gloucestershire County Council, said: “It was a privilege to be able to leave my own personal mark on this new school.

“The new school will create much-needed special school spaces for children in Gloucestershire, and allow them to have the high quality of education they deserve, in a way that is suited to their needs and closer to home.”

The project is covered in the projects section of the website and due for completion in 2022.

Gloucestershire County Council have approved plans for the new SEMH School in Brockworth, south of Cheltenham.  The new school will provide 75 pupils places for children with Social Emotional Mental Health needs from across the county.

The project will be constructed by E G Carter and handed over to Learn@ MAT who will operate the new school in Summer 2022.

Robothams Architects will be acting as Architects and Interior Designers for the scheme.

For further details refer to our projects section.