Shapwick School is an independent specialist day and residential school for boys and girls aged 8-18 years, specialising in the holistic education of pupils with dyslexia and its related learning disabilities such as dyscalculia, developmental coordination disorder, pragmatic language impairment, and specific language impairment. This specialist boarding school offers a broad/balanced curriculum taught by specialist teachers and therapists, such as SALT and OT. Class sizes are small : average 7 - 8. There are ca. 82 pupils on roll. Most of pupils at this therapeutic boarding school are boarders and the rest are day pupils. The therapy department offers speech and language and occupational therapy within the timetable according to assessed need.
Pupils aged 8 to 12 attend Shapwick Prep Department, those aged 13 to 16 attend Shapwick Senior, and A-level students receive direct support from the school but study at Bridgwater College or Strode College.
As one of the first specialist schools for children with dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia the school is very proud of its staffs’ experience at understanding each child’s individual needs and helping them to grow into confident, skilled and happy adults ready to take the next stage in their life.
Motto of Shapwick School: The same road by different steps
Girls | Boys | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Boarding School: | 21 | 33 | 54 |
Day School: | 18 | 19 | 37 |
This boarding school for autistic children has an impressive sports hall and tennis court. Extensive playing fields surround the school campus. Pupils also visit the neighbouring further education college regularly to benefit from their sports facilities and enjoy swimming lessons at a local pool
Shapwick is a village on the Polden Hills overlooking the Somerset Moors, in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. It is situated to the west of Glastonbury.
Bridgwater is a market town (population of 35'886) and civil parish in Somerset, England.
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