Pupils, parents and staff celebrated the completion of the long-awaited special school extension with a cake.

The building takes Baytree School in Clevedon from a single site for 72 children with profound and complex learning difficulties to two sites providing 120 places.

Catherine Gibbons, from North Somerset Council, said the build was “vital to meet the growing need for SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) places.

Principal Professor Ed Bowen-Roberts said he was delighted to see the incredible extension open after “years in the making”.