This school was established in 1963. Over the years it has developed and flourished to provide ‘Outstanding Education’ (Ofsted, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2024) for children with Severe Learning Difficulties aged 2-19 years.

We are pleased to be able to continue to offer high quality educational provision for children with Severe Learning Difficulties and who have an EHCP. Children and Young People at Amwell View School are highly motivated to learn using a wide range of exciting materials and resources presented in a very full curriculum. The importance of communication is seen as the core to curriculum delivery and the school is enthusiastic about the use of Makaton, Symbols and the signing vocabulary to facilitate this. Working together with Speech and Language Therapists ensures success in the development and effective use of alternative communication strategies.

With the expertise of a committed and flexible staff group, who care for and educate the pupils, we continue to offer high quality learning opportunities for all children. When children find it difficult to learn we attempt to re-direct and differentiate learning for those children and young people.

Working together with parents, health and other professionals enables us to offer the best education that we can and to support children and young people through school and prepare them for adulthood.

Amwell View School places high importance on the development of staff as well as children. We see this as a core value in the success of the organisation, and are pleased that a number of staff are eager to progress into the profession of teaching, which sustains the teaching profession in this school and supports the Teaching profession as a whole.

We are proud to celebrate the success of all learners in the school, but particularly of the pupils. Their success and achievements make for a very positive atmosphere in the school and spurs everyone on to work harder together to achieve these positive outcomes.
 

Mr Neil Ward,
Headteacher