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# Mothballed Burntwood vocational centre could be handed over to schools
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/mothballed-burntwood-vocational-centre-could-be-handed-over-to-schools/
- Published: 2014-11-25T10:08:04.000Z
- Updated: 2014-11-25T10:08:04.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Education, News

A mothballed vocational centre in Burntwood is set to be handed over to local schools.

The future of the £2.5million site at Chase Terrace Technology College had been shrouded in mystery, despite only being built in 2011.

County councillor Sue Woodward [insisted the site had “great potential”](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2014/09/19/councillor-calls-for-action-over-mothballed-burntwood-skills-centre/) for the local area.

But it now looks likely to move forward in the hands of The Pathways Partnership, a group made up of Two Rivers High School, Chase Terrace Technology College, Hednesford Valley High School and Saxon Hill School.

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Ben Adams

County Councillor Ben Adams, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, said: “This is positive news for the Lichfield and Burntwood Vocational Centre. Obviously, this is just a proposal at this stage, but I am confident that the partnership will be able to develop a full proposal that benefits young people with special educational needs in Lichfield, Burntwood and the surrounding areas.

“This could also mean the individual schools themselves can create additional space to cater for the increased number of special educational needs students progressing to secondary school in the coming years.

“If the proposal by the Pathway Partnership is sound, it means we will be giving more young people with special education needs access to skills and training they need to gain employment in their chosen sector.”

The county council insisted falling user numbers meant a more “viable future” had to be sought for the centre.

If the new proposal goes ahead, the site would provide vocational learning for people over 16 with special educational needs.