Arden Fields School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary & Secondary
Special school
PUPILS
16
AGES
9 - 16
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Community special school

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How Does The School Perform?

Inadequate
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(20/05/2015)
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2.9:1
NATIONAL AVG. 19.9:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
Small Data Set
NATIONAL AVG. 17.7%
Persistent Absence
Stratford Road
Henley-in-Arden
B95 6AD
01564792514

School Description

River House is a special school based on three sites. Most students in Key Stage 3 are taught in small class groups on the main school site in Henley-in-Arden. About a third, most of whom are in Years 10 and 11, are based at the school’s other sites in Warwick (Warwick Space) and in Coventry (Camp Hill Community and Youth Centre). Although these sites are called ‘alternative provision’ by the school, both are managed by the school and include vocational and outdoor learning facilities. Students at Warwick Space and at Camp Hill follow individual ‘independent’ learning programmes planned specifically for them. Some follow part-time programmes, designed to help the students to return to fulltime education. All students have a statement of special educational needs or an education health and care plan and are referred due to their social, emotional and mental health difficulties and associated challenging behaviour. Over a third of students have additional difficulties which include attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), attachment disorder, and autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and speech, language and communication difficulties. The school receives additional funding from the government, known as the pupil premium, to support the education of disadvantaged students. This is for students known to be eligible for free school meals or those who are looked after by the local authority. Around three quarters of the students are supported in this way; this is a much greater proportion than is typical nationally. All students are boys and the vast majority are of White British heritage. Many travel some distance across the county to attend school. The school also works with a small number of Key Stage 4 girls, who are not on the roll of the school, to support their individual learning programmes. Many students join the school during their secondary education and often at other times than the beginning of the academic year. The headteacher and deputy headteacher were absent from school at the time of the inspection. The local authority commissioned a consultant executive headteacher to lead the school until the end of the summer term. The Chair of the Governing Body took up her appointment in the spring term and a restructuring of the governing body then took place, following an audit of governor skills. The school works with Coventry and South Warwickshire Careers Guidance to support placements for students when they leave the school.

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