We are campaigning for the government to adapt the Phonics screening check, EYFS and KS1 Literacy Curriculums to be inclusive for Non-Verbal children.

Many  staff have commented on how special it is to witness students thriving in a different kind of environment which of course, as the Outdoor Ed team would say, is exactly the whole point.  For our young people to experience a true challenge and adventure, to practice, persevere and...

Every year we put together a questionnaire for parents and carers of our students.  This is to give them a chance to put forward what they feel about how we are doing as a school looking after the education and wellbeing of their children.  To date we have had 42 responses -which is an inc...

School buildings update from The Special Partnership Trust

A week earlier than advertised last year due to the forthcoming Coronation Celebrations, our Orchard Manor Team, consisting of nearly 50 students and staff volunteers, triumphantly pushed over the finish line having walked various routes for this year's Ten Tors Jubilee Challenge.  We...

On behalf of the PSFA, I would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who was involved in this year's Christmas Cracker fundraiser.  Thank you to those of you who helped to set up on the evening, to people helping out on stalls, to the kitchen team who provided the tastiest turkey baps an...