Interserve picked for £8m special academy build

Interserve has been selected by the Department for Education (DfE) as the preferred bidder to design and build the £8m Beacon College Special Academy in Hereford.Beacon College is the seventh new school build project that Interserve has won in 2019 following earlier contract wins in Bristol, Leicestershire and Manchester that are together worth more than £41m.The college will be run by Barrs Court School Academy Trust, a specialist in special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) teaching. It will provide places for 50 pupils, aged from 16 to 19, with severe and complex learning difficulties, including autism.As part of the project, the existing Broadlands Primary School will be demolished ahead of Interserve starting construction of the new-build school in January 2020. Completion is expected in January 2021, ready for opening in April 2021.