Oversands School

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Oversands School
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Oversands School

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LA11 6SD

England
Coordinates 54°16′05″N2°52′00″W / 54.26814°N 2.86667°W / 54.26814; -2.86667 Coordinates: 54°16′05″N2°52′00″W / 54.26814°N 2.86667°W / 54.26814; -2.86667
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Type Private special school
Established1973
SpecialistSEN
Department for Education URN 112452 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Coeducational
Age8to 19
Enrolment67
Website https://witherslackgroup.co.uk/oversands-school/

Oversands School (formerly Witherslack Hall School) is a private special school with specialist SEN status situated in the village of Witherslack near Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England. [1]

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It was opened in 1973 [2] as a residential and day school for boys aged 11–19 with special educational needs, including complex learning, communication, behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. [3]

The school has now been renamed to Oversands School and is a coeducational school for pupils aged 8 to 19.

The School is now run by Witherslack Group Ltd, a group which provides care and education for children with SEN needs, alongside children's homes. [2]

Witherslack Hall

The school's central building, Witherslack Hall, was built in 1874 by Lancaster architects Paley and Austin and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. [4] It gave its name to a steam locomotive in the GWR Modified Hall Class, 6990 Witherslack Hall.

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References

  1. Group, Witherslack. "Specialist SEN Schools UK | Day and Residential | Witherslack Group". Witherslack Group. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Oversands School", Gov.uk, retrieved 22 April 2020
  3. Witherslack Hall School , retrieved 18 April 2011
  4. Historic England, "Witherslack Hall and attached outbuilding (1087135)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 15 November 2012