Swalcliffe Park School

Swalcliffe Park School
Established 1965
Type Non-maintained special school
Boarding school
Principal Mr Kiran Hingorani
Location Swalcliffe
Banbury

Oxfordshire
OX15 5EP
England
DfE number 931/7007
DfE URN 123331 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 40
Gender Boys
Ages 11–19
Website swalcliffepark-oxon.frogos.net

Swalcliffe Park School is a non-maintained day and boarding special school for boys, located in the village of Swalcliffe in the Cotswolds, near Banbury, Oxfordshire.[1]

Founded in 1965, the school caters for boys with autism between the ages of 11 and 19. All places are funded by local education authorities from across the UK, either for a full 52 weeks or for a 38 week school year on a day, two weekly or termly boarding basis. Today the school has 40 boys, including 13 boys in the 6th form.[2]

The school is recognised nationally as a "confident, outward looking centre of excellence" for students with autism, and has been consistently rated as "outstanding" by Ofsted.[3] Swalcliffe Park School is run by the Swalcliffe Park School Trust, which is a registered charity. It is situated in Swalcliffe Park, a former stately home originally built in the 16th century and remodeled in the 18th century.[4]

References

  1. ISBI schools website http://www.isbi.com/viewschool.asp?school=3139-Swalcliffe_Park_School (Accessed 19 January 2015)
  2. Swalcliffe Park School website http://swalcliffepark-oxon.frogos.net/app/os?site=home (Accessed 19 January 2015)
  3. Bardsley, Fran (23 February 2012). "School earns outstanding rating for work with autistic". Oxford Mail (Oxford).
  4. Sherwood & Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire (Penguin Books Ltd, 1974), p.797.
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