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New College Worcester's First Non-Visually Impaired Pupils, the Commonwealth Games

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Jul 28, 202617:34News & Politics

New College Worcester has been a dedicated school for visually impaired pupils for 160 years, but it has recently joined with an education trust which has enabled them to take in their first cohort of non-visually impair...

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