Sheiling School A GSG School
- Sheiling School
Horton Road
Ashley
Ringwood
Hampshire
BH24 2EB - Head: Mr A Walters
- T 01425 477488
- F 01425 479536
- E [email protected]
- W www.thesheilin…ringwood.co.uk/
- A special independent school for pupils aged from 6 to 19 with severe, complex and moderate learning difficulties and disabilities
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- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Dorset
- Pupils: 35 (21 boys;14 girls)
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Open days: Contact school
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The size of the school enables staff to know the pupils well, what triggers them and any early warning signs, so proactive steps are taken to ensure they remain happy. Leaving class, wearing headphones or a hoodie to self-regulate or hopping on a swing for time-out are all encouraged as part of behaviour management.
What the school says...
The Sheiling School was founded in 1951 and is a Rudolf Steiner inspired school that embraces modern best practice whilst respecting and developing every student’s sense of self.
The school caters for children and students who have severe, moderate or complex learning difficulties. The school offer a range of day places, weekly and termly boarders (38weeks). The school aims to fill the gap where local and national special school facilities are not appropriate, and to provide a total environment in which children can be helped to reach their full potential. A heart, head and hands approach to teaching and supporting students with a special educational need. Specialised staff, teaching and curriculums enveloped in quality support, care and therapies to provide the very best outcomes for students. ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head of school
Since 2016, Andy Walters, previously deputy head at Sheiling School. Has been leading the school with passion and verve (partially fuelled, we wondered, by the very strong coffee we were offered during our meeting with him). Before finding the Sheiling, for which we sensed he is hugely grateful, Mr Walters had been a science teacher in a secondary mainstream school. However, the intervention of life events (getting married and renovating a house) in the early 2000s changed his career path and he stepped away from mainstream education, taking up the position as a carer for autistic young people. He quickly rose through the ranks to become shift leader and was exposed to pioneering training about autism. He had officially ‘got the bug’ of wanting to help those with learning needs but didn’t...
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Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Set in a stunning, sustainable and eco-friendly 45-acre site close to the New Forest and Dorset coastline, the natural surroundings of our school and college provide a rich, enabling and therapeutic learning environment for students, aged 5-19, who have a special educational need. We specialise in autism and communication difficulties, severe and complex learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge. Our mission is to create an educational, therapeutic community and environment, which upholds each person's human integrity and spiritual wholeness and where every child and young person, both because of and despite their individual challenges, has something to give and something to learn through all of their relationships with others.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
Y |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
Y |
| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
Y |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
Y |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
Y |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
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