The New School at West Heath - General Information

General Information

Unlike many schools, Ofsted inspection documents are not available online. Ofsted inspection, Policy, syllabuses, schemes of work and National Curriculum documents can be made available on request to the Head of Education.

• Criteria of students - 11 to 19 years old, female or male.

Possible disabilities include: Acute stress disorder, Addiction, Affective spectrum, Agoraphobia, Anorexia nervosa, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD/ADD), Asperger syndrome, Autism spectrum/High functioning autism, Avoidant personality disorder, Bipolar/Bipolar spectrum, Bulimia nervosa, Conduct disorder, Developmental delay, Clinical depression, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Epilepsy, Exhibitionism, Gender identity disorder, Genetic disorders, Hysteria, Nervous breakdown, Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), Oppositional defiant disorder, (ODD), General anxiety disorder (GAD), Impulse control disorder (Kleptomania, Intermittent explosive disorder, Pyromania, Pathological gambling, Trichotillomania), Emotional or behavioural difficulties, Pathological demand avoidance (PDA), Panic attacks, Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), Self-harm (SH), Separation anxiety disorder/School refusal, Selective mutism, Semantic pragmatic disorder, Social anxiety (Social phobia), Tourette syndrome, and other various mental health problems.

However many of the disadvantaged students have never had the opportunity to get a formal Statement of Special Needs (SSEN) for various reasons.

• Costs - £15,790 p/a (per annum) for day students, £42,972 p/a for residential (boarding) students.
• Class size - 10 maximum.
• Funding - The school has no state school status, however it is indirectly funded through the Local Education Authorities (LEAs) of individual students, Social Services, Health authorities, bursary, or self-funded. Each student has an annual review each year to determine if their needs are being met and what changes if any need to be made in their education. Recently the school has had to cut back hard on funding due to less charity donations than previously, and Al-Fayed ceasing to fund the school.

It received some money from Children in Need in 2004, and teachers and students also partook in fund-raising activities for Children in Need as a whole, for example sponsored silences, head shaves, makeup-for-the-day and so on.

• Entry - Entering the school requires a Local Education Authority procedure or Social Services referral, as the school has the status as a Special School.
• Number of pupils - 101