Outstanding result for the Seashell Trust
A SPECIAL school which helps some of the borough’s sickest children has been rated as outstanding for the third year running.
The Royal School Manchester, run by the Seashell Trust, was praised by inspectors for maintaining its ‘outstanding quality of education’ since its last inspection.
In a letter to the school inspector Pippa Jackson Maitland said: “You and your team have taken the school from strength to strength since the last inspection.
“You have worked with your colleagues in the trust to find innovative solutions to some of the challenges you have encountered over the past three years.
“Your school is a happy place to learn. Staff enjoy coming to work. We were struck by the warmth of the relationships between staff and pupils.
“Your staff are quite rightly proud to work at Royal School. However, none of you are complacent.
“You continually strive to improve the provision for your pupils.”
Headteacher Anne Gough said: “I am extremely pleased to report that the school has maintained its outstanding status.
“This is the third consecutive outstanding Ofsted judgement for the school.
“I am so proud and delighted to be part of a remarkable team that provide such inspirational teaching and give children a real prospect of contributing in later life.
“All the staff and governors are an integral part of this outstanding team.
“The report is a glowing testament to the hard work of everyone at Seashell Trust and we are very proud of the work we do each and every day and that these achievements have been recognised by Ofsted.”
The school, on Stanley Road, caters for children and young people between two and 19 years old who have complex disabilities and communication difficulties.
The Seashell Trust’s multi-million pound modernisation of its Cheadle Hulme campus includes the construction of a new Royal School Manchester building with hopes to become a national centre of excellence in the care and education of children with the most complex neuro-disabilities.