Local authority initiatives – December 2011

Sefton council welcomed former Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez, to open a new special school last month. Mr Benitez joined students and parents to officially open Thornton College on Edge Lane. The site, run in partnership between Hugh Baird College, Sefton special schools and the council, will cater for young people with learning difficulties and physical disabilities. The centre was built on the site of the former Thornton Primary School and can accommodate 60 students. The building was designed to provide a supportive environment to enable students to develop independence and life enhancing skills.

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