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  • Acorns School
    19b Hibbert Lane
    Marple
    Stockport
    Cheshire
    SK6 7NN
  • Head: Mr Christopher Hampton
  • T 0161 449 5820
  • F 0161 449 5820
  • E [email protected]
  • W www.keyschildc…ducation/acorns
  • A special independent school for boys and girls aged from 5 to 17. Type of SEN provision: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
  • Boarding: No
  • Local authority: Stockport
  • Pupils: 18
  • Religion: None
  • Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report

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Special Education Needs

Acorns School is an independent special school catering for pupils from five to sixteen years with moderate learning difficulties including emotional and behavioural difficulties and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Most pupils have statements of special educational needs. The school provides education for children who are resident at one of three children’s homes managed by Stepping Stones.

Condition Provision for in school
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
HI - Hearing Impairment
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
PD - Physical Disability
PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health Y
SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
VI - Visual Impairment

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