Secure children's home planned at Hampshire school site

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Nov, 17:03 · Archive

Hampshire County Council plans an 18-bed secure children's home at The Henry Cort Community College in Fareham, replacing a smaller facility.

Hampshire County Council is planning to build an 18-bed secure children's home at The Henry Cort Community College in Fareham. This will replace Swanwick Lodge, a ten-bed facility nearly 30 years old. One of only 13 specialist secure children's homes in England, Swanwick Lodge provides care for vulnerable children who have experienced significant trauma and abuse.

The new home will accommodate 18 children and employ around 120 full-time equivalent staff. It will feature secure walls and fencing up to 5.2 metres high, as well as classrooms, recreational spaces and landscaped outdoor areas for communal activities.

Henry Cort Community College is currently relocating to a new school in North Whiteley from September 2027, which will make the site available for redevelopment. The council expects to submit demolition plans by the end of 2026, with construction work beginning between July and September 2027. A full planning application for the secure children's home is expected to follow between October and December 2027.

How it is being reported

• Plans to demolish Fareham’s Henry Cort Community College buildings for secure children’s home are revealedThe school is due to move to Whiteley next SeptemberThe News, Portsmouth · 13 Nov, 16:27
• Secure children's home set to have high fences with 120 staffNew details have been revealed about plans to demolish buildings at a Hampshire school to make way for an 18-bed secure children’s home. Hampshire County Council is proposing the new home at The Henry Cort Community College in Fareham to replace the almost 30-year-old, ten-bed Swanwick Lodge. A …Southern Daily Echo · 13 Nov, 14:27

In this story: Hampshire County Council · The Henry Cort Community College · Fareham · Swanwick Lodge · North Whiteley

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