Tom Grennan opens Send blocks at Bedfordshire secondary school

Central Bedfordshire Tom Grennan pictured at the school new 3G sports pitch. He wears a bright blue long sleeve shirt with black buttons. He has curly hair, a gold ear piercing and a tattoo on his neck. He is stood to the right of a grey haired man wearing a navy blue tracksuit top with a round UEFA badge on. — After a ribbon cutting ceremony, a special plaque was unveiled in the singer’s honour before a tour of the state-of-the art facilities, which included a visit to Sandy Secondary School’s brand new 3G sports pitch

Singer-songwriter Tom Grennan returned to his home county to open new teaching and special educational needs and disabilities (Send) blocks at a secondary school.

Grennann was the surprise guest at Sandy Secondary School, Bedfordshire, to open the newly expanded facilities and three-classroom Send block.

The 29-year-old, who was recently diagnosed with Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), said he hoped the new facilities would provide pupils with more “understanding” and “confidence”.

“If I’d have been told I had ADHD in school, maybe I wouldn’t have been classed as the class clown,” Grennan said.

Grennan has a special connection to Sandy Secondary School, as his mother, Clare Grennan, worked there and his grandmother was a governor in the 1980s

Central Bedfordshire One of the newly developed IT classrooms. There are four rows of wooden desks with black computers and keyboards on top. The carpet in the room is a light grey and the wall and ceiling are white. — Grennan has a special connection to Sandy Secondary School, as his mother, Clare Grennan, worked there and his grandmother was a governor in the 1980s

New facilities include 28 classrooms in the newly expanded facilities, including five IT suites, two specialist food technology rooms and a new sixth-form centre.

The three-classroom Aspirational Provision Send block has been designed to provide support for students with special educational needs with a tailored environment for learning.

Grennan said while school was a “good time” for him with “good friends,” he said an earlier diagnosis could have given him great understanding at a younger age.

“For me, having that diagnosis gives me a bit of clarity to what my brain does and the person I am,” he added.

“I feel like being a kid and understanding who you are at an early age will definitely give kids more confidence and understand why they might be a little bit different in school, whether it’s in behaviour or whether it’s in social surroundings.”