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The Bridge School - a Forward Education Trust Academy

About The Trust

Forward Education Trust is a group of academies collectively working to improve the life chances of all our children, improving both their personal and academic achievements.
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About The School

To find out more information about The Bridge School and the varied curriculum that we provide, please click on the read more link below.
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Key Information

The key information section of our website offers parents a wealth of important information including a list of our main school policies.
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Important Announcement

Please click the following link to view the important announcement by our Chair of Trustees, David Lane, regarding leadership changes at the Forward Education Trust.

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HEAD TEACHER'S MESSAGE

Here at The Bridge School we pride ourselves on creating a happy, caring atmosphere where every child is encouraged and inspired to achieve their potential and develop a love of learning.

We value the excellent relationships we have with parents, carers and with a range of professionals, as we work together to enable our pupils to communicate, to develop socially and emotionally and to gain their independence.

Our team of very experienced and knowledgeable staff engage, support and motivate our children to enable them to be happy and successful learners.

Michelle Goundry
Acting Head Teacher

Acting Head Teacher – Michelle Goundry – head@bridge.fet.ac
Chair of Local Academy Council – Sam Hardman – s.hardman@lac.fet.ac
SENCO for Bridge School – Michelle Goundry – head@bridge.fet.ac
Chair of Trustees – David Lane – d.lane@fet.ac
Complaints – complaints@fet.ac
Data Protection – James Plant – dpo@fet.ac

Latest News and Events

May 06

The Bridge Story Time

We hope you enjoy the stories we have for you here! You might recognise a few friendly faces in these videos! […]

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Jan 10

Parent/Carer Workshop

In addition to the half termly class based workshop sessions we would like to offer you a chance to be […]

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Jan 10

School Council News

Our School councillors have worked hard this term with the help of Ms Goundry to collect the views of their […]

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ABOUT US

The Bridge School is part of the Forward Education Trust, a newly formed Multi Academy Trust comprising of Brays School, The Bridge School and Hallmoor School which academised on the 1 April 2017.

All of the children who attend The Bridge School have a Statement of Special Educational Need or an Education and Health Care Plan. Our school educates 90 children with complex and multiple needs. Children may have Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD), Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) or a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Some children have additional needs including visual impairment and hearing impairment and behaviour difficulties.

Children attending our school will usually require augmented and modified curriculum opportunities including an overarching mobility curriculum and a sensory experiential curriculum for our more profound learners. The Bridge School underpins all of its curriculum delivery through continually developing its communication work so that pupils may access their learning in a way personalised to their needs.

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Pupils have clear objectives to achieve, their progress is carefully recorded and this is one of the contributory factors for their good achievement.

Ofsted

Inspection

Pupils enjoy lessons and have positive attitudes to learning. Their behaviour is good and they are safe because they are well looked after.

Ofsted

Inspection