This development is part of the Hertfordshire County Council’s strategy to increase SEND provision to meet increasing need. Ashe Construction is building Journeys Academy on the site of the former Sunny Bank School in Potters Bar. It takes the total value of the contractor’s education projects in the last year to £30m. Ashe has a growing portfolio of education projects providing SEND facilities including the £16.9m Valley SEND School in Stevenage, also for Hertfordshire County Council. Other education projects include a recently completed £17.3m project to upgrade Sandy Upper School in Bedfordshire, and a £24m contract to build a new primary school and health centre in Milton Keynes East.