100 children with special educational needs or disabilities to have a school place at a new site in Chapel End, Walthamstow.

13th Feb 2026

Cllr Kizzy Gardiner, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, announced the news today that 100 children( over the next 5 years) with special educational needs or disabilities will have a school place at a new site in Chapel End, Walthamstow, in plans the council has put forward. The school would be run by the Lime Trust, which already runs two specialist schools in the borough.

The Council has a statutory duty to maintain enough school places for children and young people with SEND, and the new site will help meet a growing need for appropriate provision, and mean less children are being transported to schools outside the borough every day.

This new school will take over a vacant educational facility after Chapel End Early Years Centre leave the site in the summer. It will initially open to 40 pupils in September 2026.