Welcome to Cicely Haughton School

I am pleased to welcome you to Cicely Haughton School. We currently provide education for pupils aged 4 to 11 years. We are a special school for children with social, emotional and mental health difficulties, whose needs cannot be met in mainstream education.

Our school is successful because of the positive relationships we develop with families and children.

We aim to provide a safe, nurturing environment which enables our pupils to maximise their potential; academically, socially and emotionally.

We encourage visitors to the school and you will be made most welcome. Please contact the office to arrange a visit.

Yours sincerely

Paul Spreadbury, Exec Head

Welcome to Merryfields Special School.

We are a generic special school, located in the heart of Wolstanton in Staffordshire, providing specialist education for pupils aged from 2-11 years.

Our dedicated and highly skilled staff, ensure that a high quality educational provision is provided to all pupils. Through personalised learning approaches, we support pupils with a range of Special Educational Needs, to be aspirational to help them along their journey to achieve their potential. We believe strongly that every pupil, should be equipped, encouraged and provided with the opportunities to succeed, and our experienced staff make this possible. 

Our philosophy is that success for each pupil is personal, as we aim to help all pupils progress socially, emotionally, academically, physically and morally through a tailored curriculum, bespoke to our school. We also promote a sense of community at Merryfields, encouraging pupil voice, whole school themed days, regular charity events and all supported by our team of Year 6 prefects. 

Our school works closely in partnership with parents and carers, to ensure all of our pupils not only feel valued, but also have positive learning experiences. Our Home-School Link Worker hosts termly parent coffee afternoons and we openly encourage regular communication between Home and School.  

I hope you enjoy your visit to our website, if you would like to visit our school, please contact our reception and it would be great to introduce you to our Merryfields family. 

Neil Brannigan, Headteacher

Welcome to Springfield School’s website and thank you for taking the time to visit us.

On 1st October 2016, we converted to an academy and are part of the Manor Hall Academy Trust.  We are a generic primary special school for pupils aged from three to eleven years, whose educational needs cannot be met in a mainstream school.  We provide specialist provision for:

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD)
Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD)
Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD)
Complex Needs

Mrs Diane Finney, Head of School

Welcome to The Meadows Special School. We believe our School is a forward thinking, enterprising and exciting place to learn and work. We provide education for young people from the age of 11 to 19.

We are a generic Special School meaning we provide education for young people with a range of needs. The School has particular expertise in working with pupils who have profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties including those with communication problems, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and complex needs, and those with moderate learning difficulties.

We are part of the Manor Hall Academy Trust

Mr Christopher Best

I am pleased to welcome you to Loxley Hall School. We currently provide education for students aged from 11 to 16 years. Loxley Hall is a special school for children with social, emotional and mental health difficulties whose needs cannot be met in mainstream education.

Loxley Hall School is successful because of the positive relationships we develop with families and children.
We aim to provide a safe, secure and caring environment where children can be listened to and their individual needs catered for. In this way, our students can maximise their potential to become young people ready to make a positive contribution in their adult life.

We encourage visitors to the school and you will be made most welcome. Please contact the school office to arrange a visit.

Yours sincerely

Dave Bownds – Executive Headteacher

Headteacher’s Welcome

I am extremely proud to welcome you to Rocklands where children learn to thrive in our engaging environment to ‘Belong, Believe, Become.’

We provide a safe, happy and nurturing environment for every child to develop and succeed. We believe in building strong, positive relationships between pupils, parents, staff, governors and the community. We recognise that all children have a number of gifts and talents that we celebrate and nurture.

We aim to provide the best start in life for every child. Our curriculum is imaginative, varied and offers exciting experiences which meet the needs of all children, within our context, and develops their cultural capital. We encourage a genuine lifelong love of learning: we praise and celebrate achievements, as well as help them to become resilient when they encounter difficulties.

We have a very dedicated and hardworking team at Rocklands, who are committed and determined for every child to reach their full potential, whilst making life long memories.

Please feel free to have a good look through our school website and get in touch if we can support you any further.

Jane Elliker

Headteacher

WHO WE ARE

 Chaselea Alternative Provision Academy is a school for 11 – 16 year old young people who are struggling with mainstream education due to their social, emotional and mental health needs.  The result of these difficulties might be that the pupil has been permanently excluded from their provision

WHAT WE DO

We work with the pupils to build relationships and emotional resilience so that they can return to an alternative high school.  Or it might be that the young person needs some intervention that will help them to remain in their secondary setting.  It could be that our expertise is being used to identify a pupil’s special educational need and obtain an Education Health and Care Plan that will support the young person in finding their appropriate educational setting both now and in the future.

Welcome to Castlewood School. Our Special School offers 96 places to children between the ages of 6 and 16 with an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) and a primary diagnosis of Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH), whose needs cannot be met within a mainstream setting.

In September 2020 we joined the family of schools that together make up Manor Hall Academy Trust. As a small school we believe that all pupils are well known and understood by our experienced staff and we are proud of our pastoral care which ensures our pupils are well supported. we offer a broad and balanced curriculum and are fully committed to equal opportunities for all our learners. We expect pupils to leave our school with accredited qualifications and the life skills to become successful independant members of their local community. This will be achieved through the dedication of our staff, hard work from our pupils and good communication with families and other external professionals.

If you would like further information or a tour of the school then please get in touch. Our staff and pupils welcome the opportunity to showcase their work to visitors.

Kind Regards

Trevor Scott – Head Teacher

Welcome to Shenstone Lodge School. We are a successful ‘split-site’, part residential special school supporting and educating students who present with Social, Emotional and/or Mental Health difficulties. The school joined The Manor Hall Academy Trust in July 2020.

Operating across two sites, Primary (Shenstone Lodge, based on the outskirts of Shenstone Village) and Secondary (The Brades Lodge, situated in Oldbury, West Bromwich) we are commtted to providing a structured and caring environment which promotes education, aspiration and challenge. Our schools deliver an effective, broad, balanced and relevant curriculum which develops core academic skills, improved self-management, pride and resilience. As a special school all students benefit from small class sizes, high levels of support and well resourced subjects. Although the majority of our students are from Sandwell we have a growing number of places taken by other Black Country Boroughs and South Staffordshire.

If you would like to know more about us, please visit our website.

Yours sincerely

Neil Toplass – Executive headteacher

Adelaide School is a nurturing special school which provides education for pupils with social, emotional and mental health difficulties.

We also have a ‘link’ provision which supports pupils who are unable to access elements of school with bespoke and personalised support. These children often have significant mental health difficulties. Our values are: commitment, collaboration and care.

Our aim is to enable pupils to have a positive experience of education and equip them for their future. Our curriculum is focused around 3 key elements; our well-being, our learning, our future. This ensures that the curriculum is balanced and supports the holistic development of pupils.

We work hard to ensure that all pupils with whom we work feel valued and respected. We endeavour to ensure that we provide the diverse support pupils need to learn and prepare to be active British citizens who contribute to society.

Many of our parents describe Adelaide as a ‘family’ as the school has a strong sense of community. We hope that you find any information that you are looking for on our website but if you would like to know anything further please just get in touch.

 Sarah Barlow – Head Teacher

At Adelaide Heath Academy all our students are unique and we work very hard to understand the ways in which they learn best.

Through a nurturing environment we aim for pupils to become:
* Independent
* Resilient
* Effective communicators
* Emotionally intelligent
* Successful

We have a dedicated staff team who are passionate about providing the best possible opportunities and outcomes for each individual. We celebrate difference, we challenge and resolve conflict as well as maintaining high expectations about student behaviour, relationships and progress. Supporting the individual can be a challenge but we believe all our students can and will achieve.

All the students at Adelaide Heath Academy have an EHCP, primarily SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health), some exhibit challenging behaviour and mainstream schooling is not always the most appropriate setting. Many have had a fragmented education and have fallen behind their peers academically and this often results in low self-esteem and increased anti-social behaviour. With small classes and a dedicated staff team who truly understand SEMH and go above and beyond, we feel that once a student starts Adelaide Heath Academy they have every opportunity to thrive. Working closely with parents and carers and other agencies to help each student make positive choices, potential can truly be realised.

Our behaviour policy supports our values and promotes positive choices but the absolute ‘Key’ to success is developing strong working relationships.

Charlotte Cartlidge – Head Teacher

Finch Woods academy is an Award Winning 11-16 specialist school for pupils with social, emotional, mental health and behavioural difficulties.

Situated in Halewood, we take pupils from across Knowsley as well as neighbouring boroughs. A large majority of our pupils are disadvantaged and received pupil premium, free school meals are well above the national average.

We aim to provide the highest quality teaching and learning opportunities, a carefully planned broad and enriching curriculum along with personalised care and support to provide pupils with the chance to gain qualifications, social skills and self-confidence for a happy and fulfilling future.

Many pupils come to us in crisis after experiencing significant educational difficulties, long periods of non-attendance, exclusions and disengagement.
We are skilled at building positive relationships with pupils displaying challenging behaviour and work exceptionally hard to break down barriers to learning and give all pupils the chance to achieve.

Pupils are expected to achieve a range of GCSEs, functional skills and other qualifications with us at Key Stage 4 and are supported to plan for post 16 options through careers education, advice and guidance, work experience and vocational learning.

The school is vibrant and lively with many extra-curricular and SMSC events taking place throughout the year including the Finch Woods Pledge and residential visits. Recent residential visits have been to Barcelona and New York.

Please take a look around our website. If you would like further information please do not hesitate to contact the school.

Laura Dickinson – Head Teacher

Bailey Street AP Academy is proud to be different. We are an Alternative Provision Academy, serving pupils from all of the mainstream schools in Stone, Stafford and South Staffordshire.

 Our aim at Bailey Street AP Academy is to find increasingly better ways of supporting, motivating and inspiring our pupils to be as successful as possible in the future. Our school provides education for secondary aged pupils aged 11-16 years old.

 Bailey Street AP Academy aims to be a caring, welcoming, stable and friendly. We pride ourselves on our innovative practice and welcome all pupils who are struggling with mainstream education. Our pupils come to us at various points during their secondary schooling – usually because of their previous school placement having broken down, behaviour issues or other difficulties – frequently feeling less than positive about themselves and their life chances. Our job is to help get them back on track; we will strive to bring the best out of our pupils, either through a return to regular schooling or by completing Year 11 with us, so that they emerge prepared to make a positive contribution wherever they go next.

 Our school staff team is an established, highly skilled team. All of the staff are hardworking, extremely dedicated and place the needs of the pupils at the heart of everything that they do.

 Miss Sonia Lockett, Headteacher