Cleeve Meadow build begins

Bexley’s Mayor, Councillor Brian Bishop, joined a special event today to mark the start of construction of the new Cleeve Meadow School for children with special educational needs.  The school, which will provide specialist education for 120 pupils with moderate learning difficulties, aged 11-19, is part of Bexley’s strategy of minimising the number of Bexley pupils with a special educational need having to travel out of borough to find appropriate provision to meet their needs.
Cabinet Member for Education, Cllr John Fuller said;
This new school will help us to realise our goal of educating Bexley children within Bexley wherever possibly we can. The new Cleeve Meadow School will make a huge difference and seeing work get underway is a brilliant way to start the New Year.”
The new free school, which will have 12 teaching rooms, a therapeutic hub, a large open plan library and IT space, has been made possible by Central Government funding, along with a £2million contribution from the London Borough of Bexley.