Ruskin Mill College A GSG School
- Ruskin Mill College
The Fisheries
Stroud
Horsley
Gloucestershire
GL6 0PL - Head: Mr Paul Garnault
- T 01453 837500
- E [email protected]
- W www.rmt.org/
- A state special school for pupils aged from 16 to 25. Type of SEN provision: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Gloucestershire
- Pupils: 58
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Set along the bottom of the valley are ten ponds that serve one of the few biodynamic fish farms in the world. Brown trout has been native to this area since 1049 so this is what the students breed. They are involved in every stage of the process, from catching the females and carefully massaging the eggs, right through to smoking them to be cooked or sold. Be prepared for a steep and muddy hike ...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since 2016, Paul Garnault, previously principal of Coleg Plas Dwbl in Pembrokeshire, also part of the Ruskin Mill Trust. He is now principal of both colleges, splitting his time by spending three days a week at Ruskin Mill College and the remaining days in Wales where he lives with his family. After working for 25 years in the creative industries as an artistic director, performer and media producer, Paul worked at various colleges, (Merthyr Tydfil, Coleg Gwent, Gloucestershire and Kidderminster) before taking on the role of head of the Academy for Performing Arts at Birmingham Metropolitan. He says of Ruskin Mill, ‘The landscape is the best teacher, and my best member of staff.’
Entrance
All students must have a statement of special educational needs/EHCP. As well as looking at the student’s suitability for the colllege, staff...
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Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| 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 | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| 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 | Y |
| 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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