Columbia Grange is a co-educational school for children with severe learning difficulties and/or autism between the ages of five to eleven years. The school initially opened in September 2003 and is a purpose built provision with additional facilities for autistic pupils who have severe learning difficulties. The school benefits from assessment facilities in our nursery, various therapy rooms, indoor/outdoor adventure playground, information technology room, ball pool, library, food technology room, movement room and a parent’s room. The school has extensive outdoor facilities including a multi-purpose play area, pupil’s garden, nature trail and a discovery park.
Columbia Grange School is not affiliated to any particular religious denomination.
Ethos and Values
School Principles
- Fostering spontaneous functional communication is key to young people accessing learning
- Behaviours are viewed as functional
- The learning experience should be developmentally appropriate, meaningful, functional and embedded in opportunities for encouraging participation in everyday social experiences and routines
- Pupils' sensory and emotional needs must dictate the learning environment
- We recognise and celebrate diversity through valuing each person for their uniqueness and nurturing and developing their gifts and potential
- Fostering the highest level of independence and successful transitions that our pupils can achieve will improve the quality of life for them and their families
- Pupils' well-being is at the core of all we do
The Team