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About the School
The New Rush Hall School is a day special school for children
and young people aged 6 - 16 years who have social, emotional and
behavioural difficulties. Pupils are in classes of 8 maximum,
with a teacher and a Learning Support Assistant. The school is
organised into Primary and Secondary departments. We aim
wherever possible to enable pupils to return to a mainstream
school. Many pupils make a phased return to mainstream school and
some return full time. Referrals for full time places are made
by Redbridge Children's Services Authority.
Whilst some pupils may have difficulties with aspects of their
learning, the over-riding issue is that they are unable to work,
play and socialise in mainstream schools in an acceptably
cooperative way. Pupils referred to the school have had
significant problems in school and need to come to New Rush Hall
School with a commitment to change.
We believe that every child has a right to achievement, and that
every parent or carer has the right to expect that the school does
its very best for their child. To achieve this we work
together in partnership. We also believe that youngsters must
learn to take responsibility for their own behaviour and that
self-discipline is a skill which has to be, and can be
learnt. Since this is difficult at times, we operate within a
structure in which everybody is clear about the rules, regulations
and expectations. We aim to manage pupil behaviour through a
policy and procedures which are clear, coherent and consistently
applied.
The Primary Department has 20 places for full-time pupils and 12
part-time places for pupils who attend for up to 2 days per week
and remain on the roll of their mainstream school, where they
attend the other days. As well as following the National
Curriculum, the Primary Department offers a range of curricular
activities including cooking, swimming and horse
riding. Pupils do KS2 SATS at the end of Y6. In the
part-time classes, there is an emphasis on the social and emotional
curriculum.
The Secondary Department is organised into 5 classes ranging
from Year 7 to Year 11. Again, pupils follow the National
Curriculum and take SATS at the end of Year 9. At KS4 pupils
take GCSE and GNVQ courses, linked to college and work
placements. Year 10 and 11 pupils attend college one day per
week.
We offer support in a number of ways - the educational
experience, in-class learning support, additional literacy and
numeracy support, counselling, anger management coaching, social
skills and cooperative experiences and the emotional
curriculum. The most important intervention we make is
education. We employ a range of specialist workers to enhance
pupils' experience.