Chelfham Mill School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary & Secondary
Post 16
Special school
PUPILS
Not Available
AGES
7 - 19
GENDER
Boys
TYPE
Other Independent Special School

This school was closed.

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NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Independent Inspection
Report
(28/11/2012)
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Chelfham
Barnstaple
EX32 7LA
01271 850448

School Description

Chelfham Mill School is an independent, residential and day special school for pupils with emotional, behavioural and social difficulties. The school was registered in 1984. It provides education for up to 62 boys. Since the previous inspection the age range has been extended and is now from seven to 19 years. Ten places are available for day pupils. There are currently 33 pupils on roll, nine of whom are placed for 52 weeks of the year, 12 attend daily and the remainder are placed for 38 weeks. The school occupies two sites. The main site at Chelfham provides education for pupils aged seven to 16 years. The other site known as the ‘Postscript’ provides up to five residential places for young men aged between 16 and 19 years; currently three are on roll. These young men are not taught in the school and attend local colleges from between three to five days per week. Nearly all pupils are of White British heritage. Almost all pupils have a statement of special educational needs. Many have a history of severely disrupted schooling and home lives. Places are funded by pupils’ local authorities, mostly from the south west of England. The school uses cognitive-behavioural therapy, including token reward systems, individual behaviour programmes and contracts; this is complemented by specific therapy provision involving psychotherapy, art therapy and behaviour management training. The school aims to enhance pupils’ self-esteem and develop their capacity to accept responsibility for their behaviour and to learn how to make correct decisions. The school has dual registration as a children’s home. The inspection of the care provision was carried out at the same time as the education provision, which is reported on separately. The previous inspection of the education provision was in June 2009 when the school met all of the regulations for independent schools.

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