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Dean Close School A GSG School

Dean Close School

What says..

Parents speak of a ‘continuity of care’, ‘where every teacher knows every child and talks to each other and looks out for them’. Staff are known too for supporting peers’ extracurricular activities too. Families like that, true to the head’s promise, sporting, musical or dramatic successes ‘get equal pats on the back’. Pupils told us of key rugby players singing in concerts – ‘You’re not defined by one single thing, like in some schools’. But be warned, life is…

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What the school says...

Dean Close School offers a unique educational opportunity to all who wish to experience this family and community centred approach to learning and life. The school is truly co-educational, where the number of girls and boys are almost equal. The school aims to broaden the opportunities of each and every pupil through an exceptional array of facilities in sport, music, theatre and art as well as some 100 clubs and societies. Facilities include an impressive 550-seat theatre/concert hall, a purpose-built art centre and music school. An underlying Christian ethos generates genuine warmth and mutual respect at all levels. ...Read more

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Sports

Polo

Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.

Fencing

Shooting

What The Good Schools Guide says

Headmaster

Since 2015, Bradley Salisbury, previously deputy head since 2009. The son of a vicar, he was educated at Monkton Combe School. Theology degree from Leeds, PGCE and MEd from Bristol. RS teacher at Gordano School, then head of RS, and of years 10 and 11, at Bristol Cathedral School, followed by head of RS and housemaster at Wells Cathedral School. Trustee of a multi-academy trust.

Would definitely win the award for the most flamboyant moustache we’ve seen on a headmaster. Good on him, we say, for embracing Movember with as much gusto as the pupils (girls included). No wonder pupils praise his humour and compassion, and it was clear from talking to them that they really feel he has their back. His own experience of school was ‘quite difficult’, he admits,...

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Special Education Needs

We provide the following support services: Literacy support, numeracy support, curriculum support, study skills. 10-09

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
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
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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