Manor SchoolWelcome to

Love, Learn, Laugh

WelcomeIt is our absolute pleasure to welcome you to

Manor School and thank you for taking the time

to look at our prospectus.

Manor School is a warm, happy and

welcoming primary special school

where our pupils come first. We

are part of the Brent Specialist

Academy Trust and are committed

to ensuring that all pupils are

personally supported to make the

most of their unique potential. We

never underestimate a pupil’s ability

to achieve and have high aspirations

for all. We have a highly trained

and effective team of staff who

specialise in supporting pupils with

a wide range of special educational

needs and disabilities (SEND).

We are highly ambitious for every

pupil, and our experienced class

based staff and in-house therapists

ensure that each pupil’s individual

needs are met through personalised

learning, small group teaching, and

specialist interventions.

Working in close partnership with

parents and carers is of paramount

importance to us and we operate

an ‘Open Door’ policy. We believe

that the best way to gain a true

sense of whether a school is

right for your child is to see it

first-hand and I’d like to extend a

warm invitation to all prospective

parents and carers.

If you’re visiting today, I hope

you find your tour enjoyable and

informative. If you plan to visit in

the near future, we look forward

to meeting you soon. Please don’t

hesitate to contact the school

should you have any questions

or queries.

“To pursue educational excellence, innovation and research offering the most effective teaching and learning opportunities to our pupils, parents, staff and community.”

Our School Vision is

a simple yet powerful

concept that permeates

all that we do.

“Love, Learn, Laugh”

OUR MISSION

OUR VISION

• Ensuring that every pupil and their

family is part of our safe, caring,

respectful and vibrant community.

• Providing every pupil with

diverse opportunities and high

quality teaching and learning

with a focus on effective,

functional communication

and independence.

• Ensuring that our curriculum

is well planned and delivered

to ensure every pupil builds

their skills, knowledge and

understanding as they move

through the school.

• Embracing a collaborative,

multi-disciplinary, personalised

and holistic approach to support

our pupils.

• Encouraging our pupils to achieve

well and to celebrate their own

successes.

• Supporting our pupils to develop

their emotional wellbeing and

equipping them with strategies,

skills and resilience needed to lead

happy, active and fulfilled lives.

• Ensuring our pupils have

enrichment experiences that

develop and foster a creative

outlook and approach to learning.

What We’re Proud OfOur approach to education is

based on our mission and vision,

and builds on these core values.

We take great pride in:

Love, Learn, Laugh

Our curriculum is well-balanced

with a firm focus on the

development of functional

communication, social interaction,

independence, literacy and

numeracy. We know that by

keeping these key elements at

the heart of everything we teach

our pupils, their life chances will

be enhanced. To enrich learning,

all pupils have weekly access to

sessions delivered by specialists.

These sessions include Art,

Music, Life Skills, Swimming and

Special Yoga. We acknowledge

that learning also occurs outside

of the classroom and work hard

to ensure that all pupils access

the local community regularly

and join their peers on relevant

educational visits.

Class teams respond to each

individual’s needs by creating a

bespoke educational programme

that takes into account their

interests and strengths. Our small

class sizes and high staff ratio

enable us to personalise learning

effectively and differentiate the

curriculum accordingly. Each pupil

has a Personal Intervention Plan

(PIP) which identifies short-term

targets in line with their EHCP

Outcomes. Targets are set on a

half-termly basis and are written

in collaboration with members of

our Multi-Agency Support Team

(MAST) and shared with parents

and carers.

How We Learn

Strong home-school partnerships help to ensure that pupils at Manor School make outstanding progress.

• Speech and Language Therapists

• Occupational Therapists

• Behaviour specialists

• Attention Autism Advanced

Practitioner

• Team-Teach Tutors

• Thrive Practitioner

• Makaton Tutors

• Medical and Welfare Co-ordinator

• Family Liaison Team

• and Poppy, our Autism Life Dog!

Our Multi-Agency Support Team (MAST) is integral to the work we

do and support we provide to both our pupils and their families. It is

comprised of the following, all of whom work tirelessly to ensure that

every pupil receives the education and care that they deserve.

Multi-Agency Support Team

• Helps parents and carers feel

more supported by staff and by

each other.

• Means lots of opportunities for

parents and carers to find out

about their child’s progress.

• Allows parents and carers to have

a say in their child’s education.

• Leads to more consistency

between home and school.

• Includes a designated team,

training, home visits, coffee

mornings, special assemblies,

International Day celebrations,

Structured Conversations,

and an ‘Open Door’ policy.

Our close positive relationships

with families are evidenced by

the results of parent surveys,

which continually show that 100%

of respondents either agree or

strongly agree with the statements

“I feel better able to support my

child’s learning following meetings

with staff” and “My child makes

good progress at Manor School”.

Working Closely With Families

We are fully committed to keeping our pupils safe, and

promoting the welfare of our pupils is our number one priority.

We follow Safeguarding and Pupil

Protection procedures rigorously, and

robust systems are in place to ensure

that our pupils are protected from harm.

We know that our pupils can be

particularly vulnerable, so we place

a high emphasis on teaching them

functional communication and the

independence and skills required to keep

themselves safe in school and beyond.

All our staff are well trained and

have an excellent understanding

of safeguarding. We have a

safeguarding lead and a deputy

safeguarding lead to ensure policy

is put into practice. Please see our

Safeguarding Policy for additional

detail (available on our website).

How We Keep Our Pupils Safe

We support, promote, and develop our pupils’ wellbeing by:

• Maintaining our ‘Healthy School’

status.

• Supporting their emotional,

social and physical development,

which goes hand in hand with

their academic achievement.

• Helping older pupils develop

their independence on

residential trips.

• Teaching them how to swim in

the school swimming pool until

they are competent enough to

access swimming lessons at the

local sports centre.

• Having several climbing frames,

a sunken trampoline, a basket

swing, a multi-use AstroTurf, an

accessible roundabout, scooters,

and outdoor gym equipment in

the playground, encouraging

them to get active and keep fit!

• Implementing the Thrive

approach, which helps staff go

the extra mile to ensure pupils’

emotional needs are recognised

and met.

• Hosting Yoga sessions from a

visiting teacher, which “tells our

worries to go away”

…and much, much more!

Pupil Wellbeing

Our pupils are very proud of the school and talk enthusiastically about its success

and their personal learning experiences. Some responses when asked “What do you

like about Manor School?” were:

“Everyone is kind to each other and I feel safe.”

“We have fun and learn and get ready for big school too.”

“I have lots of friends and my teachers give me fun work.”

“What do you like about Manor School?”

Contact Us

How to Apply For a Place

manor.brent.sch.uk

Manor School

Chamberlayne Road,

Kensal Rise,

London, NW10 3NT

0208 968 3160

enquiries@manor.brent.sch.uk

@ManorSchBrent

@manorschldn

If you feel that Manor School is the right school for your child, applications for

admission can be made via the Special Educational Needs and Assessment Service

(SENAS) which is based at Brent Civic Centre, Wembley.