We are an all-age specialist school for cognition and learning – a community special school based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK. Our pupils have a wide range of learning needs including severe or profound learning difficulties or disabilities. We are registered for pupils aged between 2 and 19 years and many have a broad range of additional special educational needs such as autism, physical disabilities and complex medical needs, but all of which are combined with learning needs.

We are based on 2 sites in Scarborough – Barry’s Lane hosts Early Years, Primary and Secondary Classes and our Lady Edith’s site hosts our Informal Secondary class and our Sixth Form Students.

Our school day runs from 9am -3pm (total of 30 hours a week) with each day consisting of a range of enriching and engaging activities for all our children and young people.

We are a partner school within the Scarborough Teaching Alliance, and take an active role in working collaboratively to promote innovation and research in a range of areas including pedagogy, technology, and teacher training.

Between the various school sites, and within the local community, our pupils and students benefit from excellent facilities. A short walk from our main school site is the Scarborough Sports Village with state of the art facilities including swimming pool.

Each year the school hires a beach chalet, and the curriculum in the summer term is designed around regular access to the beach. The school has a hydrotherapy pool on the Barry’s Lane site with a state of the art light and sound system.

Families of any prospective pupils are warmly welcome to contact the school to arrange a visit at one of our prospective parents sessions.

Headteacher’s Welcome

Welcome to our wonderful school.

The values that shape our school are those of respect, integrity and a positive attitude, and we offer unconditional positive regard to all our pupils. Our approach is very pupil focused. We encourage every child and young person to achieve individual success (even at the early stages of learning), with a starting point that is engaging, relaxed and being excited to learn and on a pathway which follows their journey through Springhead.

Our focus on Preparation for Adulthood is supported throughout all aspects of the curriculum and provision. Our practice based teaching is taught creatively throughout our curriculum and is based on effective learning strategies, ensuring that our pupils’ development and staff expectation is appropriate and realistic for all our children and young people.

For an insight into our school, our website shows some of the excitement for learning, educational opportunities and provision, sharing our school’s successes and achievements. However, it is no substitute for a personal visit to experience the ethos and culture of our school life in action. You may also get a sense through our newsletters which can be found here.