Alderman Knight School

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Alderman Knight School
Address
Alderman Knight School
Ashchurch Road


,
GL20 8JJ

Coordinates 51°59′47″N2°07′40″W / 51.9963°N 2.1277°W / 51.9963; -2.1277
Information
Type Community special school
Local authority Gloucestershire
Department for Education URN 115825 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head TeacherClare Steel
Gender Mixed
Age7to 19
Enrolment175
Website http://www.aldermanknight.gloucs.sch.uk/

Alderman Knight School is a mixed special school located in Tewkesbury in the English county of Gloucestershire.The school is named after Frank Knight, a former Mayor of Tewkesbury. [1]

It is a community school administered by Gloucestershire County Council, and accepts pupils aged four to sixteen from mainly the Tewkesbury and North Cotswolds area but from other areas as the need arises. [2]

Admissions to the school are for pupils with moderate learning difficulties, complex needs and autistic spectrum disorders. [3]

Despite plans from the county council to close the school between 2004 and 2006, [4] the school remained open and has received three ratings of "Outstanding" from Ofsted. [5]

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References

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