Linden Bridge School A GSG School
- Linden Bridge School
Grafton Road
Worcester Park
Surrey
KT4 7JW - Head: Ms Rachel Watt
- T 020 8330 3009
- F 020 8330 6811
- E info@linden-bridge.surrey.sch.uk
- W www.linden-bri….surrey.sch.uk
- A special state school for pupils aged from 4 to 19 with autism and social communication difficulties
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Surrey
- Pupils: 132 (25 boarding places available for two nights a week in year 7-11; longer post-16 )
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Open days: Please check the website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 14th February 2013
- Previous Ofsted grade: Outstanding on 3rd July 2008
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Since 2012, Ms Rachel Watt BEd NQPH (40s). Previously deputy head. She joined the school after returning from a year’s teaching in Oz.
Lives in Epsom with partner, also a special needs teacher, and has two young daughters who, note Linden Bridge parents approvingly, are regulars at school concerts (though as quid pro quo, she is a diligent spectator at their own belly dancing and cheerleading events). Daughter of dairy farmer and office manager, she discovered her vocation for helping ‘special children’ during D of E volunteering and her involvement has been pretty much non stop ever since.
Briefly contemplated nursing and speech therapy before concluding that teaching hit the spot in a way no other career could match. After taking a degree in the education...
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Special Education Needs
Linden Bridge is a community special school providing for pupils from four to nineteen years who have autistic spectrum disorders. The school caters for day and residential pupils. It has appeared in the Chief Inspector’s Annual report three times and is deemed as an outstanding provider of education and care for pupils with autistic spectrum disorders. Staff are experienced and have a great deal of expertise in the teaching of pupils with autism. There is a purposeful yet calm atmosphere throughout the school and pupils are calm and ready to learn.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | Y |
| 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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