If councillors approve, students and staff from the Farrow House School in Alma Square could be transferred to Avenue Victoria from September.

The school caters exclusively for children who have been expelled from mainstream education due to behavioural problems.

The three-storey six-bedroom semi-detached property in Avenue Victoria is a residential home providing group care for young people who demonstrate challenging behaviour.

It is intended the new school will cater for up to 24 pupils and 12 members of staff between the hours of 8.30am and 3.30pm.

Worried residents have collectively written a letter of objection to each member of the planning committee.

Michael and Josephine Warburton, who have lived in the street for 20 years, are next door to the current care home. She said: "They cannot bring a school like that here.

"It is not on. We are standing up for our street. I know these children have problems, and they have to go somewhere, but not in a quiet residential street."

Mrs Warburton added: "The building is not adequate for a school. The language of the children there at the moment is appalling – we have to keep our conservatory windows shut because it is just disgusting."

David and Eva Haigh have lived in their ground-floor flat across the road for around four years. Mr Haigh, a retired sales executive, said: "We have loads of problems with the kids at the moment – I dread to imagine what it would be like with 24 of them.

"There have been occasions, where they have walked up to and down the street throwing 2p pieces at people's windows.

"We had to pay almost £1,000 extra to have wooden windows installed rather than uPVC ones because this is a conservation area. How can they even think about letting a school like that set up in a conservation area? It is just a joke.

"The company who owns the school and the care home have other schools around the country and none of them are based in a residential area like this. It is totally unsuitable. The police are regular visitors – just the other week they were here twice in one afternoon. That is just with the few people who live there now."

Mrs Haigh added: "The building is just not suitable, it is in a state of disrepair. What will they do at breaktime and lunchtime? They will terrorise Ramshill which is a nice area. A lot of elderly people live here who will be frightened. I just do not understand. I for one will be looking for somewhere else to live if it goes ahead."

Residents are also concerned about the traffic and parking as the street already suffers from limited parking. Farrow House runs both the home and school on behalf of the Continuum Care and Education Group, which works with Social Services to provide care for young people.

Bob Hall, Continuum chief executive, said the company had not been made aware of any complaints but would be happy to meet with residents to discuss their concerns.

He said: "We can't take any more students at this time despite there being a considerable waiting list because the current building is too small.

"We are therefore looking to move to another premises which could open up another six places." Mr Hall added: "We offer an important service to students, some of whom will have had a dreadful start in life and have missed out in terms of education.

"The new school will have better facilities for vocational training and skills for life, such as plumbing, joinery, cooking and hairdressing. Bosses at Farrow House are believed to be interested in transferring the residential home to a Seamer Road property should the site in Avenue Victoria become a school. A date is yet to be set for the council to review the application.

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