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Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Former school's £6m SEND sixth form development
A council has approved plans to buy back a former school in Grimsby and turn it into a special sixth form. North East Lincolnshire Council sold Nunsthorpe School to Grimsby Institute in 2004 and it now operates as a technical and professional training centre. The authority plans to repurchase the school and invest £6m to transform it into a separate sixth form site for Humberston Park Special School. Councillor Margaret Cracknell said: "There's absolute demand for further premises in order to cope with the numbers of children that need this special education provision." Cracknell added Humberston Park Special School's existing location in St Thomas Close, Humberston, had very little capacity to expand. "We don't have any alternative but to support this expansion so that children are supported in a building that suits them," she said. Humberston Park Special School, which caters for pupils from age four to 19, is currently oversubscribed at approximately 140 students at its existing site. According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, a recent capacity assessment found its maximum intake should be 106 pupils. A council document said the school can no longer offer a nursery and has indicated it will not be accepting new pupils until 2029. By improving its capacity, fewer children with special needs will need to be sent out of the borough for their education, saving the council £31,000 a year. The provisional funding for the refurbishment is made up of £4.5m from the council's general pupil place cash and £1.5m from the future Department for Education higher needs grant. Grimsby Institute is vacating the former Nunsthorpe school due to new facilities it has been developing to host its animal husbandry courses at its main campus. The move is expected to start from September. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Hydrotherapy pool could close as energy bills soar Send is the 'biggest issue' for schools - Ofsted Special needs provision to be expanded North East Lincolnshire Council Humberston Park School Grimsby Institute Local Democracy Reporting Service
BBC News
13-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Humberston Park Special School £6m sixth form development
A council has approved plans to buy back a former school in Grimsby and turn it into a special sixth East Lincolnshire Council sold Nunsthorpe School to Grimsby Institute in 2004 and it now operates as a technical and professional training authority plans to repurchase the school and invest £6m to transform it into a separate sixth form site for Humberston Park Special Margaret Cracknell said: "There's absolute demand for further premises in order to cope with the numbers of children that need this special education provision." Cracknell added Humberston Park Special School's existing location in St Thomas Close, Humberston, had very little capacity to expand. "We don't have any alternative but to support this expansion so that children are supported in a building that suits them," she said. Humberston Park Special School, which caters for pupils from age four to 19, is currently oversubscribed at approximately 140 students at its existing to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, a recent capacity assessment found its maximum intake should be 106 pupils. A council document said the school can no longer offer a nursery and has indicated it will not be accepting new pupils until improving its capacity, fewer children with special needs will need to be sent out of the borough for their education, saving the council £31,000 a provisional funding for the refurbishment is made up of £4.5m from the council's general pupil place cash and £1.5m from the future Department for Education higher needs grant. Grimsby Institute is vacating the former Nunsthorpe school due to new facilities it has been developing to host its animal husbandry courses at its main campus. The move is expected to start from September. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Viking village brought to life on big screen
A Viking legend synonymous with Grimsby will be retold through an immersive experience on a giant screen. The Grim's Great Viking Village pop-up will take people on a journey through the town as it might have looked at the time of its Danish founder, Grim. The project has been six months in the making and used gaming technology to re-create the village. Producer Julia Thompson said the goal was to create something special for everyone to enjoy. The exhibit was inspired by the ancient tale of Grim, a fisherman who rescued Havelock, a Danish prince, off the Lincolnshire coast. The experience, created by those behind the festival Grim Falfest, will see visitors sit in front of a large curved screen and "travel" through the town, reimagined as a Viking village. Ms Thompson, who was festival director, said: "Our Viking heritage and the legend of Havelock and Grim is a unique story that belongs to our town. "We wanted to create something special that both children and adults of all ages could enjoy and bring the story to life in a different way." The experience was created using gaming technology, vocal recordings, greenscreens and re-enactors in motion-capture suits. Performing arts students from the Grimsby Institute played some of the villagers and the soundtrack was created by Humber Taiko Drummers. James Nuttall, from the re-enactment group Lindesige Saeweard, said providing the "actions and voice to such an iconic character as Grim was an incredible experience". The exhibit will run from 29 -31 May at Grimsby Minster. A Viking longship, built by local craftspeople, will also be on display. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Viking village and parade celebrate town heritage Viking festival axed after funding ends
BBC News
05-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Grimsby student in European Karate Championships in Armenia
A 17-year-old student at the Grimsby Institute has been selected to represent England at the 2025 Senior European Karate Jervis is a Foundations student at the will compete in the Para-Karate Kata category where athletes perform pre-determined sequences of movements designed to imitate a is the only athlete from England to be chosen for the honour. William said: "I can't wait for the championships, I'm going to smash it out of the park!"William trains with his sister and brother, as well as attending sessions at a club in mum, Clare, told BBC Radio Humberside: " I can't tell you how proud we are. We have to pinch ourselves really because he's done so well. He works so hard, he trains hard and never complains, he just goes and gets it done".A spokesperson for the Grimsby Institute said: "We are extremely proud of William and confident that he will inspire many with his hard work and passion".The tournament takes place in Armenia on 10th May. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Students create new statue of fishing town founder
A new statue of the legendary founder of Grimsby has been unveiled. The metal sculpture of of Grim saving Prince Havelock has been produced by students at the Grimsby Institute. It stands outside the campus on the site of a previous artwork of the pair, which was removed in 2006 after repeated vandalism. That 50-year-old stone statue has been restored and moved to the town's Freeman Street Market. The new "21st Century Grim" was designed by three art students and built in the Institute's fabrication and welding departments before being painted in the body shop. Ann Hardy chief executive of the college's TEC Partnership, said it had been a "really collective journey for this statue". "People of Grimsby are really proud of their heritage and quite rightly so," she said. "It's a fantastic story, so this statue represents pride." The ancient tale tells of a fisherman called Grim rescuing Havelock, a Danish prince, from a stormy sea off the Lincolnshire coast, before going on to found the town that bears his name. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Grim and Havelock statue back after 18 years Grimsby's Grim and Havelock statue restored Grimsby Institute
