Oxlow Bridge School

About the event

You will be shown around the construction site of The Oxlow Bridge School.

Once finished, it will be a brand new, 100 place school, covering 3,700m² of floor space and specially designed to support the PMLD needs of pupils from four to 19 years old.

Some key features the new school will include:

• Drop off and collection points, designed to make the process smoother.
• 16 large general classrooms, each on benefitting from direct access to an individual external covered teaching area, as well as access to additional outdoor areas for play, learning and sensory exploration.
• Ceiling mounted tracked hoists will provide connection between classrooms and adjacent Hygiene Rooms.
• A Hydrotherapy Pool, Life Skills, Art / Music and Sensory & Therapy rooms which will all benefit from having a ceiling mounted tracked hoist.
• A mixture of specialist Sensory and Therapy rooms centrally located for ease of use by all
• A multi-use Hall which will have a trampoline built into the floor to assist pupils with therapy.
• Large rooflights to provide natural light to corridors and open areas of shared storage areas will help to make circulation spaces feel more comfortable.
• Community access will be provided to the hydrotherapy pool outside of school operating hours.