| Southlands School | |
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| Address | |
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Southlands School Vicar's Hill, Boldre, Lymington ,Hampshire ,S041 5QB England | |
| Coordinates | 50°46′28″N1°32′23″W / 50.774560118373444°N 1.539646437011284°W /50.774560118373444; -1.539646437011284 |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent Specialist School (Unapproved) and Children’s Home |
| Religious affiliation(s) | None |
| Established | 1971 |
| Local authority | Hampshire County Council |
| Department for Education URN | 116564Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Alison Priddle |
| Proprietor | Cambian Asperger Syndrome Service Limited |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 7 to 19 |
| Enrolment | 37 |
| Capacity | 64 |
| Website | https://www.cambiangroup.com/specialist-education/our-schools/asperger-schools/southlands-school/ |
Southlands School is a specialist school and children's home, located in the parish ofBoldre, nearLymington,Hampshire, England.[1][2][3] Established in 1971, as an independent school,[4] it currently operates under theCambian Group.[5]
On 12 May 1987 Southlands, historically known as Vicars Hill House,[6] became agrade II listed building.[7]
In 1995, Southlands established itself as the first residential specialist school in the United Kingdom for students with a diagnosis ofAsperger syndrome.[8] In 2014, after expanding its residential provisions, Southlands registered as a children's home.
Since its withdrawal from approval as an independent specialist school under section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014, the school can no longer be subject to a request for it to be named in an Education, Health and Care plan.[9][10][11]
In September 2019, the school was examined by theIndependent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse;[12] the school's children's home was later judged as 'Inadequate' byOfsted.[13]
In July 2022, an English teacher at the school was banned from teaching indefinitely after she was accused of failing to maintain professional boundaries. The teacher had asked to be alone with a pupil and had contacted the pupils mother under the pseudonym Tom Jones.[14]
