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First plans for new £12m SEND school in Oxfordshire

1 min read Special Educational Needs
Young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Oxfordshire are set to benefit from a new £12m school.
A first look at plans for the new Orion Academy. Picture: Oxfordshire County Council
A first look at plans for the new Orion Academy. Picture: Oxfordshire County Council

The school will become the new base for the county’s Orion Academy on the outskirts of Oxford.

The school was previously named Northfield School and was rated inadequate by Ofsted in November 2018 before becoming an academy in February.

Orion Academy, which caters for children aged 10 to 16, is one of six SEND schools in Oxfordshire operated by The Gallery Trust; a special multi-academy trust based in Oxford. 

The new development will allow the academy to double its intake to cater for 108 pupils, including 16- to 18-year-olds.

The new development is planned to deliver 14 general classrooms - 12 for pupils aged 10 to 16 and two for students aged 16 to 18.

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