We provide education for young people from the age of 11 to 19. We are a generic Special School meaning we provide education for young people with a range of needs. The School has particular expertise in working with pupils who have profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties including those with communication problems, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and complex needs, and those with moderate learning difficulties.
We are co-located with a mainstream High School, which provides many benefits in terms of the facilities at our disposal and the opportunities for young people with special educational needs to develop alongside their peers. We recognise that our role is to support young people with special educational needs across Staffordshire, which is why we are a member of the Staffordshire Special Schools Company and the Leek Educational Partnership.
“Students make good progress because teachers, and other staff, know them well and have high expectations of what can be achieved. In the best lessons, students are fully engaged in exciting activities which stimulate and fully involve them. As a result, students work enthusiastically and are expected to achieve as well as they can.” Ofsted 2014
We believe our School is a forward thinking, enterprising and exciting place to learn and work. We provide education for young people from the age of 11 to 19.
We are a generic Special School meaning we provide education for young people with a range of needs.
The School has particular expertise in working with pupils who have profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties including those with communication problems, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and complex needs, and those with moderate learning difficulties.
Our vision is to create learning environments where every young person is engaged, can be enterprising and successful in their community, both today and in their future adult life. We aim to create a hub of inspiration from which, students and staff develop their independence, skills, expertise, interests and vocations.
The Manor Hall Academy Trust is a growing Multi Academy Trust. The strength of the Trust and its distinctive feature is that it is a Collaborative Educational Trust between Special Schools who meet a range of needs. Schools, working together with the same values creating secure foundations for the future.
Historically, the special school sector has been a strength in Staffordshire. This was in no small part down to how special schools worked together in collaboration. We believe this strength is something we cannot lose and that special schools share common problems and issues which require similar solutions. In the future, the growth of the Manor Hall Trust and its Special School membership can only be to the benefit of the individual schools and most importantly the children and young adults. We also recognise that historic boundaries are gradually disappearing and we are open to working with schools across the West Midlands.
“Our most recent Ofsted inspection took place in September 2019; please click to see the report"
