Location
Sector
Client
The Unicorn School, Abingdon
Education
The Unicorn School
Working in conjunction with main contractor Wooldridge & Simpson and WWA Architects, the new building at The Unicorn School will allow the school to double its current capacity while offering a major step for SEN education in Oxfordshire.
The building will enable the school to support a greater number of neurodiverse learners in a specially designed space.
The school has specialised for more than 30 years in helping children with neurodiversity challenges and the first phase of the works was to convert the former Premier Inn into classrooms.
Work is set to start on Phase 2 (the Beefeater building) which is Grade II listed and will have to be delicately adapted. Once both phases are complete the school will have doubled its pupils from 120 to 240.
What they say
We're thrilled to be opening the doors to the next chapter in The Unicorn School's journey. This new building represents years of vision, planning and education - and now it's a reality.
Doubling our capacity means we can welcome even more neurodiverse learners into a space thoughtfully designed to support their individual needs. It's not just a milestone for our school, but a meaningful step forward for specialist education in Oxfordshire.
Alison Woodworth-Sturla
Headteacher
The Unicorn School
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