There are also two mainstream general further education colleges in Warrington:
- Warrington and Vale Royal College (16 to 99 years)
- Priestley College (16 to 19 years)
Specialist post 16 institutions
Woolston Sixth Form College developed by leaders across Fox Wood and Green Lane as a specialist sixth form college offer and as a result there are a wide range of vocational options for learners 16-19 years, including the study of horticulture, catering, administration and retail for young people post 16 with EHC Plans with Autistic Spectrum Disorder with Severe Learning Difficulties or Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties.
Morthyng Vocational College offers an individualised programme to enable learners to achieve English and maths qualifications and participate in work experience opportunities.
Myerscough College is a land based further education college based in West Yorkshire. The College has worked in partnership with the Council and Walton Lea Partnership to establish courses in Foundation Learning, Animal Studies. Horticulture and Landscape Studies in the heart if Walton Hall Park.
Willow Green is commissioned to provide 10 pre and supported internships for learners with ASD and associated learning difficulties to enable young people to progress into paid employment.
Designated provisions in Warrington
There are a range of designated provisions attached to some of Warrington’s mainstream schools for pupils with ASD, cognition and learning difficulties, SEMH and SLCN.
Children who attend a development centre may have a range of needs and may take up a placement on an assessment basis.
Designated provisions help children and young people with SEND to attend a mainstream school and at the same time receive specialist support to meet their needs, they will usually have an EHC Plan unless it has been agreed with the council and school for the child to attend on an assessment basis.
School | Key Stage | Type of provision |
---|---|---|
Bewsey Lodge Primary | 1 | Cognition & Learning |
Meadowside Primary | 1 | Development Centre |
Dallam Community Primary | 1 | Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
Gorse Covert Community Primary | 1 | Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
Oakwood Avenue Community Primary | 1 | Social, Emotional and Mental Health |
Woolston Community Primary | 1 | Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
Bewsey Lodge Primary | 2 | Cognition and Learning |
Meadowside Primary | 2 | Cognition and Learning |
Dallam Community Primary | 2 | Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
Gorse Covert Community Primary | 2 | Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
Oakwood Avenue Community Primary | 2 | Social, Emotional and Mental Health |
Oakwood Avenue Community Primary | 2 | Cognition and Learning |
Woolston Community Primary | 2 | Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
Bridgewater High School | 3/4 | Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
St Gregory’s Catholic High School | 3/4 | Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
Penketh High School | 3/4 | Cognition and Learning |
Sir Thomas Boteler CE High School | 3/4 | Cognition and Learning |
Padgate Academy | 3/4 | Cognition and Learning |
Special schools in Warrington
There are three special schools in Warrington, all are based in Woolston. Green Lane and Fox Wood Schools are located on the same site on Holes Lane at Woolston Learning Village, and Woolston Brook is located across the road on Green Lane.
- Fox Wood Special School |Fox Wood Special School - GOV.UK
- Green Lane Community Special School | Green Lane Community Special School - GOV.UK
- Woolston Brook School | Woolston Brook School - GOV.UK
Alternative provision
Kassia Academy is Warrington’s main alternative provision. There are three centres: Willows, Oaks and Redwood.
Each centre provides personalised offer to help young people return to mainstream education via specialist social/emotional support.
If a young person is unable to return to a mainstream setting, Kassia will support them in identifying a qualification pathway within our school or another specialist setting, including post 16 opportunities.
They offer 10 alternative provision places for pupils with EHC plans on a single registration basis.
Kassia Academy and Support Services - GOV.UK
Independent and non-maintained schools in Warrington
There is one non-maintained school in Warrington supporting pupils with EHC Plans aged 8 to 16 years with social, emotional and mental health needs.
- Chaigeley School is based in the south of Warrington in Thelwall | Chaigeley School - GOV.UK
There are also two independent schools - Bright Futures is based in the south of Warrington in Lymm and Birchwood School is in the north of the town.
- Bright Futures supports pupils with EHC Plans aged 4 to 25 years with ASD | Bright Futures - GOV.UK
- Birchwood School supports pupils with EHC Plans aged 8 to 19 years with ASD | Birchwood School - GOV.UK