About Our School
Fosse Way has a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, with about 170 pupils on roll at present from five different Local Authorities. The school caters for children aged 3-19 years who, for a variety of reasons, find it difficult to be successful within mainstream schools as full-time pupils. The school manages a satellite resource for students with Asperger syndrome at nearby Norton Hill School as well as provision at the Royal United Hospital, Bath offering transition into work for final year students. The school also has a residential area that caters for up to 14 secondary age youngsters. A recently completed £4.2 million building program has created new classrooms, science area, media room and library.
Fosse Way School converted to an Academy on 1st of September 2011. The status allows the school to be more autonomous and to focus on initiatives that raise aspiration and achievement for children and young people with SEN locally, nationally and internationally.
Fosse Way School also gained Teaching School status in September 2011 through a "partnership" with Fiveways, another outstanding special school located in Yeovil, Somerset.
The School has Specialist School Status as a Technology College. The additional funding has led to a strong focus upon teaching and learning within the school and the further development of active links with the local community.
The school was inspected by OFSTED (March 2009) and was again judged to be “outstanding”. The progress pupils make at Fosse Way is well above average, placing the school in the top 5% of all English schools as measured by the government’s Contextual Value Added (CVA) data.
Fosse Way became a Foundation Trust School in September 2008. The Trust focuses upon the raising of achievement by pupils/students attending Fosse Way and the inclusion of those with special needs attending mainstream schools, through encouraging innovative approaches to learning and delivery of supporting services. Trust partners are the National Autistic Society, Bristol University Experimental Psychology Department and an Individual Community Member.
There are regular links with nearby schools and colleges. These include dual placements with mainstream schools for Key Stage 1 and 2 pupils and Key Stage 4 pupils attending link courses at Bath and Norton Radstock Colleges.
Fosse Way is a member of the Norton Radstock Network of 23 schools. Its aim is to work in cooperation to improve the quality of learning opportunities available to young people and teachers across the local area. Staff at Fosse Way maintain a high profile within the Network through outreach and provision of school-based training opportunities. The local authority has also commissioned Fosse Way to provide an outreach service to mainstream schools for the support of pupils with autism.
The staff and governors have high aspirations for our children and aim to provide a high quality, relevant and balanced education for all our pupils that focuses on individual, personal and academic achievement. Students are taught in small groups, usually with more than one member of staff in attendance. There is a happy and positive atmosphere in which children can fulfil their potential and grow in self-confidence with respect for the people and environment around them.
The school has an excellent reputation amongst parents and the local community. The quality of education on offer in a caring environment provides a positive choice for parents and young people. Fosse Way is committed to a strong partnership between home and school in order that pupils achieve high standards in all areas of the curriculum.
