Current News
Progress update – July 2020
We are pleased to confirm that plans for the opening of The Cavendish School, the new special free school for young people with autism, are progressing well.
If you are interested in finding out more about The Cavendish School, we are holding a series of small, socially distanced group visits for prospective students and parents, as well as professionals, to the site, where you will have the opportunity to see the plans, meet members of the senior team and get answers to any questions you may have. For more information, click here.
On-line Parents and Carers Q&A for CET-MET Merger
There will be an online parents and carers Q & A for the CET-MET merger on Thursday June 12th that you will be welcome to join, please click here for more details.
Coronavirus Update
Over the past few weeks, we have witnessed changes in our lives and those of our children that we would never have thought possible and have had to adapt to at an astonishing pace. We have seen our schools and teachers respond with energy, commitment, kindness and love. I’m sure many parents share my experience of reading with my children messages from school that crossed the physical distance between us and made us feel closer as a school community than ever.
For many of us, our daily lives are focused on meeting the pressing needs of our families, friends and neighbours or carrying out vital roles in society. However, some of us have time we can give to looking ahead to the time when our children are again able to go to school – to learn together, to play, to share ideas and to rebuild our school communities.
The Cavendish School team are still meeting and still planning. Of course, we have many uncertainties and many challenges to face, but we remain committed to doing everything we can to get The Cavendish School built and ready for the first pupils as soon as possible.
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be letting you know about recent developments – it’s been a busy year for The Cavendish School and The Morris Education Trust already!
Julie Bailey, Chair of The Cavendish School Local Governing Body
CET and MET Merger
The trustees of the Morris Education Trust have been in dialogue with those of the Cambridgeshire Educational Trust, about a proposal to merge our Trusts. We are now sharing our reasons for proposing this, describe the process, and invite you to contribute.
Additional Funding & Opening
Additional funding for the Cavendish School has been approved to allow us to open a school catering for an increased capacity of 80 students. We are delighted to confirm that the school is now scheduled for completion in time to open in September 2021.
Welcome to The Cavendish School
The Cavendish School will be a special free school dedicated to children with autism. We will cater for 80 young people aged 7 to 19 (Year 3 to 13) in a newly constructed building on the site of Impington Village College, Cambridgeshire. We received approval for the school in April 2017 and are working towards an opening date of September 2021.
The Cavendish School is part of the Morris Education Trust, which was constituted in October 2016 with the aim of forming a local family of cross-phase/setting schools in Cambridgeshire. The Trust website is at: www.tmet.org.uk.
We hope that this website gives you an insight into this new special school and we would love to hear from you with any thoughts and suggestions so please do get in touch or join our mailing list.
