Alderman Knight School
Address
Ashchurch Road

Tewkesbury

Gloucestershire
,
GL20 8JJ

England
Coordinates51°59′47″N 2°07′40″W / 51.9963°N 2.1277°W / 51.9963; -2.1277
Information
TypeCommunity special school
Local authorityGloucestershire
Department for Education URN115825 Tables
OfstedReports
Head TeacherClare Steel
GenderMixed
Age7 to 19
Enrolment175
Websitehttp://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 Cameron 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Alderman Knight School". Alderman Knight School. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Commissioning Brief for Alderman Knight School" (PDF). Gloucestershire County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Alderman Knight School". Gloucestershire Families Dorectory. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Consultation Paper: Special Educational Needs in Gloucestershire" (PDF). Gloucestershire County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. ↑ Jenkins, Robin (13 March 2019). "Delight as the school that refused to die is branded as 'outstanding'". Gloucestershire Live. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.


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