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"This is an outstanding school, which meets its core aim of providing a personalised education for all pupils in a learning community where entitlement, opportunity and challenge are championed"
"The ethos of providing outstanding care, guidance, support and safeguarding underpins the school's work across all phases"
"As a result of its specialist status, the school has continued to provide highly organised and very effective provision for pupils through its 'Autism and Behavioural Support Service and Sensory Provision'. Pupils' and students' behaviour is outstanding, and they have made exceptional progress in improving this aspect of their personal development"
"Almost all parents are highly appreciative of the school's work, which has been recognised by the Investors in Families Award. One parent wrote, 'The quality of teaching and care my child receives is second to none.'"
"Teaching is outstanding, which makes a striking impact on their good overall academic learning and outstanding wider personal development"
"The excellent curriculum, reflecting that taught in mainstream schools, underpins the school's focus on improving pupils' communication and their key skills, as well as their personal development"
"Safeguarding arrangements are very impressive. Procedures are constantly updated to reflect developing technologies, with high-quality risk assessment systems which ensure that those who have barriers to communication are treated at all times with dignity and respect"
(OfSTED 2010)
The schools last OfSTED can be downloaded here