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Penhurst School is one of Action for Children’s portfolio of schools that help the most challenging children and young people achieve their full potential.
Working with local authorities and families, we provide an outstanding, awarding-winning learning environment where all children and young people benefit from an individual approach to their needs from our experienced andcaring staff team. Our well resourced surroundings ensure that even those with the most complex and profound needs achieve positive outcomes.

Penhurst School is a residential special school catering for boys and girls who
have complex disabilities associated with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD). The school age range is from 5 to 19 years. We also have provision for young adults with PMLD between 19 and 25.

Education, therapy, nursing and care are provided onsite and children may attend as boarders or as day pupils. Residential care is provided for a standard 51 or 52‑week placement.

The ASCD Resource Base will provide an appropriate curriculum and lerning environment to enable a high quality, inclusive and relevant education for statemented young people with high functioning autism/Aspergers Syndrome and/or significant speech and language difficulties. Pupils admitted to the resource base will have the ability to be included into at least fifty per cent of mainstream lessons.

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Appleford, the Shrewton school for children with dyslexia and associated learning difficulties, has just received its third consecutive "Outstanding" OFSTED report for its ‘Care.’

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Arbour Vale receives requests for pupil places from the Special Education Needs department of Slough LEA. The pupils concerned either have a statement of educational need or the statement is in preparation. The requests will include pupils residing in Slough LEA and pupils who live in other authorities who have requested SEN provision in Slough

We are proud of our 12 bed Residential Unit. This supports those children and young people with ASD who benefit from extended support with independence and life skills education.

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Arventa Healthcare has been formed by a group of care professionals experienced in working with young people with Autism and Asperger syndrome. We believe that young people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC) are unique and deserve a service that will recognise, understand and meet their individual needs and be able to support their transition into adulthood via an ASC specific care pathway. Arventa Healthcare is proud to announce the opening of The Hawksmere Centre – Healthcare and Education for Young People with Autism.

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Ash Field is a day and weekly boarding special school for 110 learners of all abilities from five Local Authorities whose main presenting difficulties are physical. However, their needs are a complex mix of the medical, sensory, communication, intellectual, emotional and social.

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Ashford Park School is one of eight schools chosen by Surrey Local Education Authority to open a Specialist Centre. This initiative aims to provide specialist support, within a mainstream setting, to identified Key Stage 2 children who have a Statement of Special Educational Need for learning difficulties.

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Aspin House - Further Education Unit is an important part of the Post 16 education service provided by Hampshire Autistic Society. Aspin House is a Residential Specialist College for young people aged 14-19 with high functioning autism or Asperger syndrome.

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The school has a Language Department with places for 10 children who have statements which identify their need for additional language development. These children come from across the county. The children in the Language Department are fully integrated in to the school and are withdrawn for specific interventions and work with our speech therapists.

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Hearing Impaired Resource Centre
Auriol Junior School is a Hearing Impaired Resource Centre. Several children at the school have a hearing impairment. These pupils benefit from the school ethos which values the contribution that they make to the life of the school. Inclusion of all children is important to Auriol.

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Beaucroft is a Foundation Special School that caters for about 150 children between the ages of 4 and 16 who are experiencing learning difficulties.

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Bedelsford School aims to provide a challenging environment for pupils aged 2 to 16, who have a wide range of physical disabilities, including profound and multiple learning difficulties and complex health issues.

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Opened in 1985 near Preston in Lancashire, Scope's Beech Tree offers both education and care placements including short breaks to young people from the age of 11 to 18, Young people are referred to Beech Tree because of the severity of their challenging behaviours, which are a result of a learning disability. Many of the young people placed at Beech Tree are autistic.

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Bettridge is a community special educational needs school with 100 places for pupils from 2-19 years who are not able to thrive in a mainstream setting because of their severe learning difficulties. All children attending Bettridge have learning difficulties. Some also have additional physical or sensory disabilities and a number of pupils demonstrate autistic spectrum disorder..

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