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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

212 pupils mixed gender
212 pupils capacity: 100% full

133 boys 63%

79 girls 37%

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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
20. January 2022
Ofsted last inspection
28. June 2018
Region › Const. › Ward
East Midlands › Rutland and Melton › 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 2024)
  • Mrs Rosalind Hopkins, Governor
    (1. September 2016—31. August 2026)
  • Mrs Kerry Clarkson, Governor
    (1. September 2020—30. August 2024)
  • Mr Paul Saxby, Governor
    (1. October 2019—30. September 2023)
  • Mrs Lisa Bramall, Governor
    (1. October 2019—30. September 2023)
  • Mrs Debi Palmer, Governor
    (1. October 2019—30. September 2023)
  • Mrs Janet Downes, Governor
    (5. April 2022—5. April 2026)
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  1. Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School), LE131HA (212 pupils)
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  3. 0.3 miles Sherard Primary School, LE131HA (376 pupils)
  4. 0.3 miles Melton Vale Sixth Form College, LE131DN (480 pupils)
  5. 0.4 miles King Edward VII School - Specialist Training School and Technology College, WA43JQ
  6. 0.4 miles Sarson High School, LE131EA
  7. 0.6 miles Craven Lodge School, LE131DJ
  8. 0.9 miles Brownlow Primary School, LE131QL
  9. 0.9 miles Saint Francis Catholic Primary School, LE130BP (236 pupils)
  10. 0.9 miles Brownlow Primary School, LE131QL (562 pupils)
  11. 0.9 miles Saint Francis Catholic Primary School, LE130BP (209 pupils)
  12. 1 mile Swallowdale Primary School and Community Centre, LE130BJ
  13. 1 mile Swallowdale Primary School and Community Centre, LE130BJ (384 pupils)
  14. 1.1 miles The Mount School, LE130DA
  15. 1.1 miles Melton Mowbray College, LE130HJ
  16. 1.3 miles The Grove Primary School, LE130HN
  17. 1.3 miles Long Field School, LE130BN
  18. 1.3 miles Long Field Spencer Academy, LE130BN (825 pupils)
  19. 1.3 miles The Grove Primary School, LE130HN (148 pupils)
  20. 1.8 miles John Ferneley College, LE131LH
  21. 1.8 miles John Ferneley College, LE131LH (1201 pupils)
  22. 2 miles St Mary's (Melton Mowbray) Church of England Primary School, LE130NA
  23. 2 miles St Mary's Church of England Primary School, LE130NA (203 pupils)
  24. 2.5 miles Asfordby Hill Primary School, LE143QX
  25. 2.5 miles Asfordby Hill Primary School, LE143QX (192 pupils)

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