Brooke School A GSG School
- Brooke School
Overslade Lane
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV22 6DY - Head: Mr Stephen Garside
- T 01788 812324
- F 01788 522866
- E [email protected]
- W www.brookeschool.co.uk
- A state special school for pupils from 2 to 19 with autism, physical disabilities, medical needs and learning difficulties.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Warwickshire
- Pupils: 200; sixth formers: 35
- Religion: Does not apply
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
One dad said that his 14-year-old son benefits greatly from forest school. ‘He’s just that little bit more free to express himself and it’s tactile. It ticks so many boxes at once - yes, he might be learning, but it’s also covering sensory issues and being outdoors, which he absolutely loves.’ Recent national champions at the annual Special School Games included all three of Brooke’s cheerleading teams across primary, secondary and post-16. In gymnastics, one former and one current student also became national champions....
What the school says...
At Brooke School
'We believe, we can do it!'
Brooke School is a broad spectrum special school for children from the ages of 2-19. We cater for a range of individual needs such as autism, physical, sensory, emotional and communication needs.
Our core focus is to ensure that the time of our children spend in school is spectacular. We do this by ensuring a detailed and highly bespoke provision for all our children that supports them to overcome barriers to learning and inspires them to learn new skills rapidly. ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head Teacher
Since September 2019 Mr Stephen Garside, previously headteacher at Vale of Evesham School in Worcestershire, where he secured the ‘outstanding’ status of the school.
Entrance
No waiting list. Must have statement or EHCP. Rarely, a child may have an assessment place if previous school experience isn’t clear, perhaps because they are from a different country or local authority. Placement may last for three months upwards and it is likely that they will then stay at Brooke.
Catchment area is east Warwickshire, but can come from further away if other special schools are full, or if parents prefer Brooke. Students come from as far as Leamington Spa and Hinkley.
If you’re considering Brooke, do take a look at their fantastic website. Videoed interviews with teachers describing what they do...
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Results by exam and subject
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Special Education Needs
Brooke school is a community special school for children from two to 19 years who have a range of special educational needs including severe, moderate or complex learning difficulties. All pupils have a statement of special educational needs or EHC Plan. At Brooke we believe that a child's time at school should be spectacular and memorable. We believe in making every single moment count. For Brooke it is about helping children to achieve a better life today, not just for when they are older, or by the time they leave school. At Brooke we aim to ensure that our children have 'bags of confidence and self belief' so they can face the challenges that life brings and overcome the barriers that could prevent a wonderful life. By providing the child with a wide, varied and exciting education we empower them to be confident. School should be about narrowing the gap between education and the real world, and that is what Brooke does. At Brooke School "We believe, we can do it!"
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | Y |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | Y |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | Y |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | Y |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | Y |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | Y |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment | Y |
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
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