STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Appleford School was established in 1988 by two experts in the field: Gerald Trump who founded the first school for dyslexic children in the UK and Dr Peter Gardner, a highly qualified and experienced psychologist and psychotherapist.
Appleford’s aim from its inception has been and still is to provide a high quality education for children aged 7 – 14 with dyslexia and associated learning difficulties to include Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia, ASD and ADHD.
Appleford encourages a broad and holistic concept of education and aims to provide small classes, individualised and differentiated teaching delivered by well-qualified and experienced teaching and learning support staff, a broad and balanced National Curriculum with an emphasis on literacy skills, a high level of pastoral support, experienced and caring Houseparents in homely and structured boarding houses designed to develop personal organisation and lifeskills, an extensive games and leisure activities programme and a strong professional support team.
We want our children to start to realise their full potential and to develop the self-respect, self-reliance and self-discipline which they are so desperately seeking and need.
We welcome applications from all kinds of families, regardless of disability, religion, race and ethnicity. However, due to the specific educational needs of our pupils, we can only accept children who have English as their first language. Currently, we can accept day pupils who are wheelchair bound. It is however impractical to admit children who are wheelchair bound as boarders due to the fact that the boarding is on the first floor of the school’s buildings.
We aspire to return children to mainstream education where possible. It is our desire to help to lay the foundations for each and every child for a successful career and a happy, fulfilling life.
Reviewed October 2009