Forest Park School
Community special school in Southampton (Hampshire).
Location
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It is a pleasure to welcome you to Forest Park School. We are a Hampshire local authority maintained special school. We provide education for children and young people aged 2-19 years with severe, profound and complex learning difficulties. In addition, the majority of our pupils have co-existing conditions such as Autism, Down Syndrome and physical disabilities.
Our mission statement at Forest Park is opening the door to what's possible and through this we are dedicated to providing a highly personalised curriculum and stimulating learning environment, which starts with the individual needs of each child and young person and takes them on a journey of personal success.
In addition, we are committed to ensuring that our pupils enjoy school, are happy, confident and proud of themselves and their achievements. Through our five core values of independence , communication , aspiration , resilience and respect we seek to prepare every member of our school community for the next significant phase in their life.
I hope you enjoy finding out more about our school through the website and look forward to welcoming you to our wonderful school at some point in the future.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
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Key facts
- URN
- 135823
- Type
- Community special school
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Constituency
- New Forest East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2009
Governing body (6 current, 4 former)
Special schools governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Shields Former | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Lisa Drake | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Michelle Roberts | Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Joanna Pizzo | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Joel Young | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Michelle Gill | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mrs Sue Thomas | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Ashley Oliver Former | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Timothy Andrew Buxton Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Janet McCann Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
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