Potterspury Lodge School

Cambian Potterspury Lodge School
Established 1956
Type Independent
Religion Christian
Principal John Brown
Location Towcester
England
Coordinates: 52°05′46″N 0°54′42″W / 52.0962°N 0.9118°W / 52.0962; -0.9118
DfE URN 122136 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 40-50
Gender Boys, Girls (None Currently)
Ages 8–19
Houses 4 Boarding Houses
Colours          
Website www.potterspurylodge.co.uk

Potterspury Lodge School is a Cambian Group School in Northamptonshire, England. It has in the past (but not for about 20 years) taken girls but it is now a boys' school for ages 8–18. It has specialist facilities for children with autism and Asperger syndrome, as well as children with various behavioural, emotional or psychological difficulties.

Location

Located on the A5 road between Towcester and Milton Keynes and roughly five miles away from Silverstone where the British Grand Prix is held, Potterspury Lodge School is set in the countryside near where Northamptonshire borders Buckinghamshire.

Because of the location the school is in, it tries to make as much of it as possible. The school's grounds contain a sports field, an adventure playground, fishing lake, sports hall, tennis court, basketball court and skate park.

Curriculum

As an independent school, Potterspury Lodge is allowed freedom in its teaching; for instance the boys in Years 10 and 11 follow an ASDAN Life Skills programme but at the same time students follow the national Curriculum and can take the GCSEs in many subjects, like a normal comprehensive.

Special needs

Previously the school was mostly used for children who had problems behaving or being in a classroom situation but recently it has tended to take students who are on the autism spectrum, including those with Asperger syndrome. The school employs an educational psychologist, child psychiatrist, Speech and Language Therapist and an Occupational Therapist.

Cambian Aquirement

In July 2015, Cambian Group bought the school.

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