Manchester Hospital School

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About Manchester Hospital School


Name Manchester Hospital School
Website http://www.manchesterhospitalschool.co.uk
Inspections
Ofsted Inspections
Headteacher Mrs J Doherty
Address 3rd Floor School, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester, M13 9WL
Phone Number 01615092368
Phase Special
Type Community special school
Age Range 3-18
Religious Character Does not apply
Gender Mixed
Number of Pupils 184
Local Authority Manchester
Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school The highly capable headteacher is committed to providing the best possible education for her pupils. Governors know the school well and are ambitious to bring about further improvements. They are well trained and have a secure overview of safeguarding processes.

Teaching and learning are effective. Most pupils make strong progress from their various starting points. Leaders have created a warm and inclusive learning environment.

Pupils feel safe in school and say adults help their confidence improve. Teachers meet pupils' wide range of needs and personal circumstances well, enabling them to learn effectively. The curriculum meets pupils' ...needs effectively.

Leaders ensure that pupils have access to a wide range of courses and subjects that will prepare them well for the next stage of their education or for employment. Pupils enjoy a range of activities that promote their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development effectively. In the 16 to 19 provision, most students make strong progress and have opportunities to study for a variety of qualifications that match their needs.

Leaders do not yet have a clear understanding of the quality of education in all parts of the school, although leaders have begun to take action to address this. The school's revised assessment system does not cater for the full range of pupils' skills and needs, as it has not had time to have maximum impact. Sometimes teachers do not consistently match pupils' targets and work to their needs, including those of the most able pupils.

Pupils' absence and persistent absence are high compared to the national average.

Information about this school

The school operates on four main sites and is commissioned to fulfil the local authority's duty to provide education for pupils too unwell to attend school. Numbers of students fluctuate widely on a daily basis.

There are similar numbers of boys and girls. In the hospital settings, the proportion of pupils who have SEN and/or disabilities, including those who have an education, health and care (EHC) plan, is about the same as in mainstream schools nationally. At the Leo Kelly Centre, approximately 30% of current pupils have an EHC plan.

The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium funding is above the national average. Most students remain on the rolls of their main schools while being educated in the hospital school. The constituent parts of the school are: Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, where teaching takes place in classrooms and on the hospital ward.

Pupils here are frequently referred from other hospitals, sometimes locally, but also nationally and occasionally internationally Galaxy House, a psychiatric unit on the site of the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. This is for pupils who have significant mental health issues. Some of these pupils are detained under the Mental Health Act Wythenshawe Hospital, usually catering for short-stay placements, but also for recurrent admissions, for example of pupils with cystic fibrosis.

Pupils are taught either at the bedside or in the classroom Leo Kelly Centre, a teaching centre for up to 70 pupils with medical and mental health conditions which prevent them from having access to education. Some pupils also receive teaching at home. The school has children in the early years but there are currently too few to include a separate section about provision for them in this report.

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