Rugeley School A GSG School
- Rugeley School
Blithbury Road
Blithbury
Rugeley
Staffordshire
WS15 3JQ - Head: Lisa Price
- T 01889 504400
- F 01889 504010
- E [email protected]
- W www.priorychil…-staffordshire/
- A special independent school for boys and girls aged from 5 to 19 with autism.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Staffordshire
- Pupils: 47; sixth formers: 19
- Religion: Not Applicable
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Whatever a child is doing, it is planned with the curriculum in mind. ‘Nothing should take place without a reason behind it. Nobody gets on the bus, walks across the playground, even has five minutes downtime in class without a reason.’ There’s a warmth about the place. Students seem happily engaged in what they are doing, whether they’re busy making brightly coloured face masks, or engaging in one-to-one sensory work. A wonderful smell of freshly cooked food wafts through the corridors. It’s nearly…
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since September 2017, Lisa Price.
Entrance
Student must have ASD diagnosis or behaviours that suggest ASD and an EHCP. Suitable for those with behavioural difficulties that are powered by the autism, but cannot cater for emotional and behavioural difficulties that result from a psychiatric disorder. Students come from all over — Wolverhampton, Stafford, Birmingham, Solihull, Burton. Some even come from London. Most go on to sixth form. Vast majority get LA funding. Accepts students who have been excluded from other schools.
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Special Education Needs
Rugeley School is an independent school and part of the Priory Group, an independent provider of acute and severe mental health, neuro-rehabilitation and specialist education services. The school caters for day and residential pupils from four to nineteen years who have autism.
Condition | Provision for in school |
---|---|
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
Aspergers | |
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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