DUCHESS VISITS HERITAGE SCHOOL

THE Duchess of Gloucester opened a new primary department at Chailey Heritage School on Friday, April 28.

By The Newsroom

Published 2nd May 2006, 13:47 BST

Updated 7th Jun 2018, 22:43 BST

Her Royal Highness is patron of the school, which caters for children with a range of special needs.

Afterwards, she joined the children for a celebratory tea party.

Many of the children at Chailey Heritage have dual placements.

This allows the pupils to benefit from the specialist input that Chailey can offer for part of the week, with the rest of the week being spent in a mainstream school in the community of their family.

The new department was completed at the end of last year at a cost of 2.8 million.

It is the second royal visitor to East Sussex in recent days. Earlier the Countess of Wessex visited Westham school, near Hailsham.