Beech Lodge School A GSG School
- Beech Lodge School
Stubbings Lane
Henley Road
Hurley
Berkshire
SL6 6QL - Head: Mr Daniel Gillespie
- T 01628 879384
- E info@beechlodgeschool.co.uk
- W www.beechlodgeschool.co.uk/
- A special independent school for boys and girls aged from 7 to 18. Type of SEN provision: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Windsor and Maidenhead
- Pupils: 80; sixth formers: 9
- Religion: None
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Learning is valued for it’s therapeutic impact as much as for the qualifications gained. Some subjects work towards a set curriculum, but can equally be taken as an enrichment activity. We saw a quietly industrious DT class of four year 9s and 10s constructing a variety of useful objects: toolbox, bird table and tray...
What the school says...
Beech Lodge School is a small independent alternative day school for children who are unable to achieve their potential in a mainstream setting. Most of our children have emotional and social difficulties and we have a specialist provision for children with Dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Since 2019, Dan Gillespie BEd. Grew up locally and graduated in sports leadership from Reading University. Teacher training and first job was at Claire’s Court School, before he left to establish his own business in sport and education consulting. Using sport as a tool for social change, he worked with children from deprived backgrounds and at risk of exclusion and noticed a gap in provision for their needs. Returned to Claire’s Court as SENCo/assistant head to junior boys before joining the embryonic Beech Lodge team as headteacher. Has overseen the school moving to bespoke accommodation and swelling to double its size, with specialism in trauma and school avoidance. ‘It’s an environment where they think they are going to achieve.’
Married with three children, Mr G (as he is known to the...
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Special Education Needs
We have specific expertise working with children who have emotional and social difficulties as a result of disrupted attachment and early life trauma. We also have a specialist provision for children with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
|
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
|
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
|
| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
|
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
|
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
|
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
|
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
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