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Location

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About

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Discovery Special Academy is a special school located in Middlesbrough. The school caters for boys and girls aged 2 to 16. The Headteacher is Jennifer Duncan.

Enrichment

17 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Academy Our Academy
  • Academy Day
  • Careers
  • Trust Governance
  • Inclusion Quality Mark
  • Community Garden
  • Discovery Farm
  • Headstart
  • Phonics and Reading
  • Writing
  • Maths
  • Science
  • Art and Design
  • Computing
  • Design and Technology
  • Geography

and 1 more

Awards

1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion

Key facts

URN
145877
Type
Free schools special
Phase
Not applicable
Ages
2 to 16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Local authority
Middlesbrough
Constituency
Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2018

Governing body

No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.

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