| Shapwick School | |
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| Address | |
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Station Road , , TA7 9NJ England | |
| Coordinates | 51°08′32″N 2°50′03″W / 51.1422°N 2.8341°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Specialist school Private school Residential special school |
| Motto | The same road by different steps |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Multi-denominational |
| Established | 1974 |
| Founder | Colin Atkinson, CBE |
| Closed | April 2020 |
| Specialist | Dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia |
| Department for Education URN | 123929 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Joint Principals | Gareth Wright and Hellen Lush |
| Gender | Co-ed |
| Age | 8 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 100 |
| Houses | 3 boarding houses; 2 on site in Shapwick and 1 in Meare |
| Former names | Chalice School Edington & Shapwick School |
| Website | http://www.shapwickschool.com/ |
Shapwick School was a specialist school at Shapwick Manor in Shapwick,[1] a village on the Somerset Levels in Somerset, England. In March 2020, it was announced that the school would close at the end of term in March due to financial difficulties.[2]
The fee-paying school specialised in the holistic education of pupils with dyslexia and its related learning disabilities such as dyscalculia, Developmental coordination disorder, pragmatic language impairment, and specific language impairment.[3] It had pupils aged 8 to 18, most of whom were boarders, while the rest were day pupils.[1] The therapy department offered speech and language and occupational therapy within the timetable according to assessed need. Pupils in the sixth form received direct support from the school but studied at Bridgwater College.[1]
The school was accredited by the Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils (CReSTeD),[3] and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.[4]
In November 2010, the school gained national attention when it briefly featured in a BBC Three documentary Kara Tointon: Don't Call Me Stupid about actress Kara Tointon who has dyslexia.[5] Tointon visited the school to see how it approaches the teaching of pupils with dyslexia. She sat in a class, learning new techniques for addressing her own dyslexia, and talked to some of the pupils about their experiences.[6]
- ^ a b c "Shapwick School Inspection report for residential special school" (PDF). Ofsted. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ^ "Shapwick School near Bridgwater in 'shock' collapse". BBC News. 27 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Full List of CReSTeD Schools". The Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ^ "bulletin" (PDF). Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. August 2004. p. 22. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ^ "TV star Kara Tointon films documentary at Shapwick School". Bridgwater Mercury. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ Cramer, Shirley (15 November 2010). "A unique TV experience". Dyslexia Action. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
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