A new facility supporting dozens of children with special educational needs (SEN) will open at a Bracknell School.

Edgebarrow School in Crowthorne has submitted plans to Bracknell Forest Council to build a single storey extension to the existing building.

The facility will serve 25 SEN children, which will include a therapy room, breakout areas and a plant room.

It will provide a ‘quieter and calmer environment’ with a separate entrance for SEN children to the main entrance of the school.

The building will have a therapy room, two small group rooms, three group rooms and a breakout area.

It will also have an office, workroom, meeting room, plantroom and three bathrooms.

The specialist support unit will provide targeted support for students with SEN, with the goal of them being able to move back into mainstream classrooms.

Students will be supported by seven staff members.

It will be built on green space to the north-east of the school site and won’t be taking over any land currently used for outdoor sports or playing.

There will also be an outside area which will be separate from the main school.

The comprehensive secondary school and sixth form currently has 1,530 pupils and is rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.

Planning documents indicate that the new addition of students may increase the number of cars driving to the school – but this will be relatively minimal.

The building is set to open by next September as part of wider plans to increase SEN provision across the Bracknell borough.

A similar facility was opened this academic year in Sandhurst.

The application has been validated by Bracknell Forest Council, and is likely to be approved.