Sandfield Park School

Welcome to Sandfield Park School. We believe that all young people should have the opportunity to achieve their maximum potential and the school seeks to achieve this not only through the formal curriculum on offer to each child but also through an extensive range of extra curricular activities. Sandfield Park School is committed to the belief that all pupils have the right to an education that will prepare and develop them in the best possible way for their future lives.

Our Aims: To provide a happy, safe, secure and stimulating environment in which pupils can develop to their full potential, physically, mentally, spiritually and socially. To produce confident and caring young people who can take their place in society as independently as possible. To deliver a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum appropriate to pupil needs. To work closely with parents and to support them in developing their child's full potential. To play an active role in the community, and so enhance greater awareness and understanding of mutual need. To liaise with an extensive range of outside agencies to help provide the widest possible experience for pupils. To continue to develop and implement our equal opportunities policy. To foster a sense of personal worth and self esteem.

Sandfield Park School serves the needs of young people with a wide range of physical, medical, emotional and learning difficulties.

The school is situated just off Queens Drive, Stoneycroft and is in close proximity to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. It was officially opened in 1961 by Group Captain Douglas Bader and is set in a very pleasant location. Grass and trees surround the school building, and there is a school playing field.

Pupils are taught in small class groups which enables them to receive the individual attention that they require. Each class group has at least one classroom assistant attached to them.

In September 2003 Alder Hey Hospital School became part of Sandfield Park School and the school also became responsible for Home Teaching for children unable to return to their own school for medical reasons.

The curriculum at KS3 takes into account and incorporates pupils experiences, age and development stage. We acknowledge that many of our pupils have complex learning difficulties and have designed a personalised KS3 curriculum that enables the pupils to learn and progress through: Topic based learning or Follow a more formal approach.

There is also specialist provision for our more complex needs pupils to access a sensory room and hydro pool. Our ASD pupils have a structured approach to learning and communication using PECS system, Makaton and a variety of Augmentative and Alternative Communication devices (AAC).

Our 14-19 curriculum is designed to help our pupils develop academically, personally and socially and is delivered through a highly differentiated methodology depending on individual pupils needs.

In Key Stage 4, pupils work towards gaining a variety of nationally recognised qualifications. While we recognise the importance of examinations and accreditation of learning for the next stages in life, it is essential to teach pupils how to use the knowledge and skills in situ.

We do this through a broad curriculum consisting of Functional Skills, Personal, Social and Health Education, Citizenship and Independent Living Skills. We also provide a rich Expressive Arts programme as our students thrive from the opportunities that these curriculum areas offer.

We aim for each student to have a personalised pathway which enables them to complete qualifications at their own level and be ready for transition to College. Sandfield Park 6th form offers different courses at levels from Pre-entry to Level 1 and the aim is for all students to achieve a Qualification at the appropriate level.