Spa School Bermondsey

Spa School Bermondsey
Address
Monnow Road Bermondsey London , SE1 5RN England
Coordinates	51°29′30″N0°04′03″W / 51.49174°N 0.06758°W / 51.49174; -0.06758
Information
Type	Special school Academy
Local authority	Southwark
Department for Education URN	146190 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Simon Eccles
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11to 19
Enrolment	114 (November 2020)
Website	https://www.spa-education.org/spa-school-bermondsey

Spa School Bermondsey is a coeducational special school for pupils aged 11 to 19. It is located in the Bermondsey area of the London Borough of Southwark, England. It is one of Britain's largest state schools for children with autism, and has a high staff to student ratio.

The school occupies an old-fashioned red-brick building behind which is a landscaped garden through which flows an artificial stream. ^[1]

Students

There are 100 pupils aged between 11 and 19, both boys and girls, with a range of autism spectrum disorders between severe and high-functioning. ^[2]

Media attention

The school was featured within a BBC article "School grounds 'improve behaviour'" and students and staff alike were interviewed on the school's scheme of natural improvement within the school grounds. ^[3]

A Channel 4 documentary Make Me Normal, broadcast on 2 June 2005, was filmed at the school. ^[4]

References

1. BBC - The grounds at Spa School
2. "Parents and Carers". Archived from the original on 8 May 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
3. BBC - The grounds at Spa School
4. "Spa School head and film producer have their say". The National Autistic Society. Archived from the original on 10 December 2005. Retrieved 12 September 2021.