The Cavendish School opens on new campus next to Impington Village College

The world’s first International Baccalaureate special autism school building has officially opened its doors, enabling The Cavendish School to accept an additional 50 students this term.

The school, which started teaching in September 2021, was previously located in temporary accommodation at Girton Glebe Primary School with capacity for just 10 students. The new site next to Impington Village College will mean that more children whose needs cannot be catered for within current state provision in the county will be able to access the specialist provision.

Deputy headteacher Stephanie Smith said: “It is tremendously exciting to finally move into our new school building, especially after watching the progress of the construction work during the past 12 months.

“The state-of-the-art building reflects our vision of providing a safe, nurturing and inclusive space for our students to access their learning, enabling us to deliver specialist education for autistic students in the county, where they have not been able to thrive in a mainstream school.”

At full capacity, the school will have up to 100 autistic students in Years 3 to 13.

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