Southover Partnership School

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At The Southover Partnership School, we offer full-time education placements for children with statements and Education and Health Care (EHC) plans. Our school is usually for 10-19-year-olds on the autistic spectrum, have ADHS PDA and other social, emotional, or mental health needs. Our learners come from diverse settings many have a history of disrupted and /or limited schooling.

Students’ achievements when they arrive are often below national expectations. Regardless of this, we have very high expectations of pupils' progress academically and in their EHCP outcomes. Our work at Southover is underpinned by the principles of attachment theory.

We are passionate about inspiring and empowering everyone in our community by:

• Embracing individuality
• Encouraging growth
• Striving for achievement for everyone,
• Providing a physically and emotionally safe and secure environment

We follow a small school model because we believe it delivers the best outcomes for our students. Our 3 sites allow us to keep student numbers small. This means each school community gets to deeply know and understand its members and allows students to be more directly involved in their education. It allows us to apply principles of attachment theory, encourage our students to grow, and give a truly personalized and holistic education experience.

We are a warm and truly inclusive school and welcome visits so you can experience firsthand our unique educational offering. At The Southover Partnership School, we aim to inspire and empower every young person to flourish. To achieve this we:

• Assess each child and family’s individual needs about education
• Build a personalized learning program for each child that re-engages them with education positively
• Work closely with families to build trust and confidence in pupils so that learning will flourish
• Set high (but manageable) expectations of work and behavior for our pupils
• Provide each student with a key worker to support and mentor their academic and social learning
• Provide small classes – usually 2 adults to 1 student or 3 adults to 2 students
• Provide flexibility to allow for students reconnecting with learning either on entry or in other periods when circumstances mean they are not on a Ready to Learn pathway.
• Offer external accreditation to pupils for further learning which includes: A and AS levels, GCSEs, Level 1 and 2, Entry Levels, and other vocational qualifications
• Achieve outstanding examination results because we have expert staff
• Achieve very good outcomes – socially, emotionally, and educationally. We teach skills and learning behaviors that our children can use and apply in all aspects of their lives as they grow towards adulthood

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