SPECIAL NEEDS

Individual needs and equal opportunities

The school aims to provide a caring, challenging community. We value the individual and seek to enable each girl to develop and maximise her full potential. This means catering for the full range of abilities within the school.

We have a designated teacher with Special Needs responsibility who co-ordinates the work within school and also liaises as necessary with outside agencies such as Educational Social Workers, Social Services, and the Educational Psychologist. Our school health advisor visits the school weekly. She has an individual health interview with each girl as she joins the school and also assists with medical examinations and vaccinations. Girls are welcome to consult her on an individual basis.

The school has a policy of promoting equality of opportunity, and eliminating unlawful discrimination, for all members of the school community. Facilities for disabled access exist – such as ramps, handrails and disabled toilets – and arrangements are in place for ground floor lessons and student porterage where necessary.

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