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Bradfields School is an innovative and forward-looking Medway LA school which provides education for pupils who primarily experience global moderate learning difficulties but who may also experience speech, language, emotional, behavioural, sensory, physical or autistic spectrum secondary disabilities.
The school includes a secondary day special school, a specialist ASD Unit and a Post 16 Further Education Centre. It delivers the full National Curriculum and Externally Accredited Qualifications via subject specialist teachers who are experienced in working with pupils with special educational needs. The curriculum is planned, delivered and assessed at a pace and level appropriate to individual need.
The school has an overall staff: pupil ratio of 1:10 which ensures that teaching groups are smaller in size. As a result, staff are able to deliver a curriculum that includes developing positive relationships, self-esteem, confidence and the social/emotional skills to prepare pupils for both successful participation in their community and access to further education and/or the workplace.
The school prides itself on the quality of pastoral care and support available, which is key to our philosophy that every child matters. A particular strength of the school is the extremely good working partnership between staff, pupils, parents / carers and the various support agencies. The quality of relationships and trust between staff and pupils is central to our aim that the provision is supportive, safe, stimulating, challenging and individually targeted to ensure that all pupils achieve high educational standards relative to their ability.
The school has a superb and extensive range of teaching and learning resources that include: tutor bases and subject classrooms; group meeting and recreational rooms; specialist art, design technology, food technology, music, science and information technology rooms; a full size gymnasium; garden, woodland and horticulture areas; a hard court playground and playing fields. All of which are accessible to those with a physical disability.
The school has a commitment to continually developing and upgrading its teaching resources. Recent improvements have been in ICT with
Awards and Achievements
The school was awarded the DfES School Achievement Award during the academic year 2002-03 and gained the Basic Skills Quality Mark for Secondary Schools initially in 2003 and again in 2006. The School holds the status of the Healthy Schools Award.
In 2007 we achieved the Foundation Level International School Award.
School Learning Platform
[site updated 12 May 2010]
