Northease Manor School A GSG School
- Northease Manor School
Rodmell
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 3EY - Head: Claire Farmer
- T 01273 472915
- F 01273 472202
- E [email protected]
- W www.northease.co.uk
- A special independent school for pupils aged from 10 to 18 with specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, dyspraxia, and dyscalculia; also ADD and social communication difficulties
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: East Sussex
- Pupils: 80; sixth formers: 9: 8 boys, 1 girl
- Religion: Christian Inter-denominational
- Fees: Day £20,817; Boarding £28,329 pa
- Open days: June and October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The teacher had the children lie three to a table top, three below, to illustrate how cramped conditions were in the slave ship. ‘Are you going to chain us up?’ one boy asked. The children discussed how sharks would follow the ships because so many slaves were thrown overboard, and that they wouldn’t be able to communicate with those they were squashed together with ‘because African tribes speak different languages’. They always remember the facts learned this way, the teacher said...
What the school says...
We cater for potentially able students with specific learning difficulties. Providing support for individuals who are dyslexic, dyscalculic, dyspraxic and who may also have ADD and social and communication difficulties.
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2015 Good Schools Guide Awards
- Best performance by Boys taking Cookery Domestic at an English Independent School (BTEC Award Level 2)
- Best performance by Girls taking Sports Leadership at an English Independent School (VRQ Level 1)
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Since January 2017, Claire Farmer. Unusually, she’s not an SEN specialist, rather someone who can bring a keen eye to the strategic direction of the school. Just the prescription this school needed, as prior to her arrival it was ailing under a dodgy Ofsted, a freeze on local authority referrals, and threatened with closure. Ofsted's return in spring 2018 resulted in a 'good' rating, noting that Farmer had 'galvanised other leaders and staff in making marked improvements to the school for the benefit of pupils' and 'a significant and positive shift in the school’s culture and ethos'.
Her deputy, Ollie Kendall, was previously the school’s SENCo, and she’s quite at ease with deferring to him on areas where he knows more. Not that she’s new to all this – she has...
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Special Education Needs
We are a school that caters for able pupils with a diagnosis of specific learning difficulties: dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia; autism; ADD; and social communication difficulties.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | Y |
| 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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