Description
Ripplevale School is Independent Secondary school in Not applicable for kids aged 6 to 18 (Gender - 6 to 18 )
They are very proud of the school and all of our staff who are passionate in their collective goal of helping students to feel safe and secure whilst fulfilling their potential both academically and socially. At Ripplevale, they believe that our students and their needs come first; every student is truly individual and we therefore provide an educational setting to nurture those individualities and encourage students to become confident young men ready to enter into society.Ripplevale School provides a caring, learning environment where our students make meaningful progress, relative to their individual starting points. The aim is to encourage them to develop appropriate personal, social and employable skills enabling them to become confident, independent and aspiring young people.At Ripplevale, they are driven by the shared purpose to do all that they can to improve educational outcomes and life chances for all the children and young people. They believe that the best way to do this is through the partnership, collaboration and a commitment to work together to achieve common goals and excellence in all they do.
Facilities
Lower School
At Ripplevale School they believe that different thinking is needed to improve the lives of our pupils and their families. This thinking starts right here in our Lower School. By providing a life enhancing starting point to education, they have expectations for all our pupils to achieve at school, home and in their communities. We are often the first educational setting that some pupils have attended and therefore we believe in open door classrooms and work in close partnership with parents/carers and our highly skilled therapy team to ensure the success of our pupils. We welcome visits and collaborative working to ensure the best possible impact and to deliver meaningful outcomes.Pupils in our Lower School benefit from small classes (max size 8) with a teacher and a minimum of two teaching assistants.The dedicated team support our pupils to maximise learning opportunities and provide a stimulating and safe environment for all young people.
Secondary
When students first start at Ripplevale, they often bring with them difficulties that they have experienced at previous schools so our first priority is to make them feel welcome and safe. If a mainstream school education has not worked for our students, it is futile to offer them exactly the same again so thry try to incorporate teaching a full curriculum but delivered in a different way. Sometimes it is necessary for students to start on a reduced timetable to ease students back into education and this will be tailored around their needs.It is hoped that all students will take part in every aspect of the curriculum covering Maths, English, Science, Humanities, Food Technology, P.E, Life Skills, PSHE, Design & Technology, R.E, Computing and Outdoor Learning. These subjects are all taught by subject specific staff offering a variety of qualifications according to ability. It is also apparent though, that some students struggle with certain lessons and so bespoke timetables are put into place to ensure that every student feels comfortable with the balance of lessons they receive. They also run an Accelerated Reader programme from our school library providing books for students of all abilities allowing us to continually measure and assess accurately students’ reading age.
Features
Things to note
Therapies
The school-based Speech and Language Therapist and a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant aim to provide support and care to children and young people with speech, language and social interaction and communication difficulties, to meet their speech, language and communication needs. Working in partnership and collaboratively with parents, guardians, carers, occupational therapists, teachers and other members of the school staff in the school environment to further develop and support their communication and access to their curriculum. Speech, language and communication intervention focuses on: diagnostic assessment (including observation in lessons) for children and young people; sharing assessment outcomes with carers & teachers; delivering therapy both in 1:1 and small groups/classroom-based, and review/evaluation of outcomes. They work with: Children and young people from Primary through to Post 16 age range and they are experienced in supporting students presenting with, for example, Autism Spectrum Disorder; Language Disorder Associated with Autism; Language and Communication Needs; Selective Mutism; Articulation and Phonology (speech sound system); Stammering etc. They aim to see all the children that need the support, and they use a prioritisation system.
Extra Curricular
Please check the school website link for details.
1.95 miles
