Councillor Martin Wrigley, MP for Newton Abbot and member of the Liberal Democrats party, visited our school this morning to meet Nicola Jones (Headteacher), Samantha Hill (Assistant Headteacher) and Josie Parkin (Speech and Language Therapist).

On Wednesday 20th November, Orchard Manor School showcased the talents of ten of their pupils with SEND through two leadership festivals. The day consisted of a festival for three local special schools in the morning followed by a quick turnaround for an additional festival for four further mainstre...

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...