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Governance:
Prior's Court School is managed by Prior's Court Foundation, a registered nonprofit
making charity dedicated to building a future for people with autism
through its three services: the School, a Young Adult Provision and a Learning
and Development Centre. The school and the charity are governed by a board of
trustees who meet quarterly as a full board with a series of sub-committees. The
board includes parent and staff appointed advisors/ representatives.
How does the school know how effective its provision is:
The School is inspected and monitored by Ofsted. Inspection reports are
available from the website or from the school's reception. We received a "Good"
rating in our latest Ofsted Care Inspection (2019) and an "Outstanding" rating in
the most recent Education Ofsted inspection (2017).
"Outstanding leadership enables pupils to make exceptional progress. Leaders
continue to improve all aspects of the school."
"Leaders and trustees provide very effective oversight and set a clear strategic
direction for the school. They ensure that all pupils make excellent progress and
acquire useful vocational and life skills." Ofsted Education Inspection 2017
An annual Parent Survey is carried out and results and responses are
summarised with copies sent to parents and available at reception. Annual
Reviews and Looked After Children Reviews are held to enable staff, parents/
carers and professionals from the School and the placing Local Authority to
review each child's progress. An independent advocate visits the school
regularly. The School has also appointed a Quality Assurance and Compliance
Manager Officer to ensure that it continues to deliver the highest standards of
provision.
3. The curriculum
How will the curriculum be matched to my child/young person's needs?
An individualised curriculum
As an autism-specific school, Prior's Court is able to focus on meeting the special
needs of its young people in the most effective and consistent way to support
their learning. The school aims to provide a broad and balanced range of
learning experiences across the Waking Day Curriculum and to give young
people skills and knowledge that will enable them to lead as full and independent
a life as possible.
The wide and varied curriculum is tailored around the pupils' individual, specific
interests. The curriculum also addresses the characteristic additional needs of
young people with autism. Therefore, significant emphasis is placed upon
communication, independent life-skills, literacy and numeracy skills, vocational
and learning skills.