Emmanuel Christian School A GSG School
- Emmanuel Christian School
Sandford Road
Littlemore
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 4PU - Head: Mrs Elizabeth Nesbitt
- T 01865 395236
- F 01865 395 236
- E [email protected]
- W www.ecschool.co.uk/
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 11.
- Read about the best schools in Oxford and North Oxfordshire and South Oxfordshire
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Oxfordshire
- Pupils: 60
- Religion: Christian/non-denominational
- Fees: £6,450 pa
- Open days: October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
For such a small school, having two libraries (fiction and non-fiction) is pure indulgence, but reinforces the school’s message to take up and read. Each class has four library lessons a week and children are paired up with reading buddies, older ones introducing the younger ones to stories above their reading ability. The children perch on Saint John Henry’s original church pews to leaf through mini Shakespeare, Tintin or Caroline Lawrence, and there are shelves of graphic novels for the dyslexic child...
What the school says...
A primary school for children between 3 to 11 years old which teaches the whole child about the whole world in a wholesome way. Rooted in a strong Christian heritage, Emmanuel Christian School is a haven in which children flourish because they are accepted and understood as whole people.
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since 2017, Principal, Mrs Elizabeth Nesbitt, MA Oxon (early 40s). After a degree in classics and history at Oxford, dipped a toe into teaching by taking assemblies at St Ebbe’s Primary School, as part of her role as a church assistant. Her baptism in education began as a part-time classics teacher at Mill Hill School, followed by total immersion at Francis Holland school, Sloane Square, an experience she described as, ‘boutique, where you knew every child, with lots of sparky, happy staff…not high-powered but invigorating’. A stretch of six years in Jo’burg, at St John’s College (one of only three schools in the country to offer classics) launched her into a staff-development role and offered the chance to re-design the fusty South African Latin syllabus, aligning it with exam boards across the world. Arriving...
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Special Education Needs
Emmanuel Christian School has small class sizes which enable children of all abilities to flourish. Children with particular learning needs can be understood as the whole child and are largely provided for within the context of the classroom. Where one to one support may be required, the school has a number of staff who can provide appropriate support tailored to the child's needs.
Condition | Provision for in school |
---|---|
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
Aspergers | Y |
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
Dyscalculia | Y |
Dysgraphia | |
Dyslexia | Y |
Dyspraxia | Y |
English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
Genetic | |
Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
Has SEN unit or class | |
HI - Hearing Impairment | |
Hospital School | |
Mental health | |
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
PD - Physical Disability | |
PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
VI - Visual Impairment |
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