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Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)

Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)
Grange Drive
Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire
England
LE131HA

📞 phone: 01664 483340

👩‍🏫 headteacher: Mrs Rosalind Hopkins

🌍 web: www.birchwoodschool.co.uk

228 pupils mixed gender
228 pupils capacity: 100% full

154 boys 68%

74 girls 32%

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Community special school

Special classes
Has Special Classes
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
URN
134640
Establishment type
Community special school
Establishment #
7215
Open date
1. September 2004
Reason open
New Provision
OSGB coordinates
Easting: 476426, Northing: 318361
GPS coordinates
Latitude: 52.757, Longitude: -0.86898
Accepting pupils
4—19 years old
Boarders
No boarders
Census date
18. January 2024
Ofsted last inspection
17. April 2024
Region › Const. › Ward
East Midlands › Melton and Syston › Melton Craven
SEN priorities
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Sen2
VI - Visual Impairment
Sen3
OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Free school meals %
37.40
Learning provider ref #
10014880

School governors

  • Mrs Susan Herlihy, Chair of Governors
    (11. October 2020—10. October 2026)
  • Mrs Rosalind Hopkins, Governor
    (1. September 2016—31. August 2026)
  • Mrs Kerry Clarkson, Governor
    (1. September 2020—30. August 2024)
  • Mrs Janet Downes, Governor
    (5. April 2022—5. April 2026)
  • Mr James Cromwell, Governor
    (15. June 2023—14. June 2027)
map for Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)

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  19. Care Facilities
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  23. Catering Services
  24. 0.5 miles★★★★★Sara Groom Catering, LE131DL
  25. 0.5 miles★★★★★The Melton Learning Hub, LE131DJ
  26. Restaurants & Cafés
  27. 0.5 miles★★★★★Compass Group Ltd T/a Mars UK Cats Whiskers, LE131BB
  28. Retail Stores
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  32. School Food Ratings
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  35. 0.5 miles★★★★★Aspens Services Ltd At Melton Vale Post 16 Centre, LE131DN
  36. Takeaway Shops
  37. 0.6 miles★★★★★Saxby Road Cob Shop, LE131BW
  38. 0.7 miles★★★★★Harboro Spice, LE131AF
  39. 0.7 miles★★★★★Ma's Cottage, LE131AF

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