| Newbury Manor School | |
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 The school's first home, atFarleigh Hungerford | |
| Address | |
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Newbury Manor Newbury ,, BA11 3RG England | |
| Coordinates | 51°15′11″N2°25′56″W / 51.2531°N 2.4321°W /51.2531; -2.4321 |
| Information | |
| Type | Privatespecial school |
| Department for Education URN | 131016Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 7 to 19 |
| Enrolment | 41 |
| Website | www |
Newbury Manor School is aspecialist education school for pupils with an autistic spectrum diagnosis, situated in Newbury, near Mells, seven miles fromFrome, in the English county ofSomerset.
The school is co-educational, approved by theDepartment for Education, and supports up to 65 students between the ages of six and 19.[1] Newbury Manor School is run by Aspris Children’s Services.
The school has its origins inRavenscroft School, founded atYelverton,Devon, in the 1930s and later moved toBeckington Castle and then toFarleigh House atFarleigh Hungerford, nearBath. This began as aprep school, but in the 1970s it found a new role as a special school specializing inteaching dyslexic children, and in 1996 it was re-organised as Farleigh College, a new institution which took over its staff, pupils, and premises. Farleigh College was launched in September 1996 with forty children, of whom thirty were dyslexic and ten had been diagnosed withAsperger's, and at the outset it had a five-year lease on Farleigh House.[2]
The name of Farleigh College was kept after September 2000, when the school moved to Newbury House, nearMells,[2] an 18th-century Grade II*listedcountry house.[3][4] In 2013, the name of the secondary school was changed to Newbury Manor School, while the "Farleigh College" identity was kept for the later years.
Originally launched in September 2000 on the Farleigh House site to meet the needs of young people with Asperger's, a year later Farleigh Further Education College moved toFrome.[2] It is still operated by the Priory Group as a Further Education College for students aged 16 to 19 (upon entry) with Asperger syndrome and associated disorders. This is registered with the Learning and Skills Council and is a full member of the National Association of Specialist Colleges of Further Education (NATSPEC). The main boarding house is North Parade; others are Tallowood, Maple, Ashleigh Grove, Sandusky Mews, Bridgwater and Delta Close.[5][better source needed] Students go to a mainstream college during the day, choosing their course during their enrolment before the start of year one. Most students go toWiltshire College inTrowbridge, where there is a base room solely used by Farleigh Further Education College. Other college choices areStrode College andBath College.