Northease Manor School A GSG School
- Northease Manor School
Rodmell
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 3EY - Head: Mr Martyn Ward
- 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: No
- Local authority: East Sussex
- Pupils: 74; sixth formers: 9 boys
- Religion: Christian Inter-denominational
- 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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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Martyn Ward - interim head
Deputy, Ollie Kendall, was previously the school’s SENCo.
Entrance
There’s a window of opportunity. The school’s troubles a couple of years back resulted in a drop in the roll. The school is seeing a steady flow of referrals again, but for the moment there are spaces in classrooms and boarding houses.
Applying involves sending in your child’s paperwork for an initial screening. The school understands that pupils coming from the independent mainstream sector may not have the same paper trail, so the registrar and SENCo will liaise with families in these circumstances to gather information. If all looks promising at that point, the child is invited in for a four day taster process, to check whether they are likely to thrive at the school, and...
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Results by exam and subject
Subject results
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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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