Alderman Knight School Explained

Alderman Knight School
Type:Community special school
Head Label:Head Teacher
Head:Clare Steel
Address:Ashchurch Road
Location:Tewkesbury
Postcode:GL20 8JJ
County:Gloucestershire
Country:England
Coordinates:51.9963°N -2.1277°W
Local Authority:Gloucestershire
Dfeno:916/7019
Urn:115825
Ofsted:yes
Enrolment:175
Gender:Mixed
Lower Age:7
Upper Age:19
Website:http://www.aldermanknight.gloucs.sch.uk/

Alderman Knight School is a mixed special school located in Tewkesbury in the English county of Gloucestershire.The school is named after Frank Knight, a former Mayor of Tewkesbury.[1]

It is a community school administered by Gloucestershire County Council, and accepts pupils aged four to sixteen from mainly the Tewkesbury and North Cotswolds area but from other areas as the need arises.[2]

Admissions to the school are for pupils with moderate learning difficulties, complex needs and autistic spectrum disorders.[3]

Despite plans from the county council to close the school between 2004 and 2006,[4] the school remained open and has received three ratings of "Outstanding" from Ofsted.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alderman Knight School. Alderman Knight School. 1 September 2020. 22 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191222041359/https://www.aldermanknight.gloucs.sch.uk/. live.
  2. Web site: Commissioning Brief for Alderman Knight School . Gloucestershire County Council . 1 September 2020 . 1 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901193851/https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/16964/alderman-knight-school-commissioning-brief-2017-2018.pdf . live .
  3. Web site: Alderman Knight School . Gloucestershire Families Dorectory . 1 September 2020 . 1 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901193855/https://www.glosfamiliesdirectory.org.uk/kb5/gloucs/glosfamilies/service.page?id=Y7qT3RkyrJ4 . live .
  4. Web site: Consultation Paper: Special Educational Needs in Gloucestershire . Gloucestershire County Council . 1 September 2020 . 1 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901193854/https://glostext.gloucestershire.gov.uk/Data/Gloucestershire%20Schools%20Organisation%20Committee/20060110/Agenda/PROPOSED%20REVOCATION%20OF%20DECISIONS%20AND%20ALTERATION%20TO%20COMMUNITY%20SPECIAL%20SCHOOLS%20agenda%20item%207%20-%20attachment%208.pdf . live .
  5. News: Jenkins . Robin . Delight as the school that refused to die is branded as 'outstanding' . 1 September 2020 . Gloucestershire Live . 13 March 2019 . 1 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901193905/https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/delight-school-refused-die-branded-2637782 . live .

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