Welcome To Southgate School
A personalised, aspirational and specialist offer for every pupil, every day.
FOREST PATHWAY
Pupils in the Forest Pathway require a greater focus on their communication and interaction
ORCHARD PATHWAY
Pupils in the Orchard Pathway have been identified as benefitting from a more formal learning approach
WOODLAND PATHWAY
Pupils who join the Woodland Pathway often have extremely high levels of anxiety and may have experienced some form of trauma in their lives
School Attendance
Southgate School regards regular attendance as very important to ensure the best possible learning outcomes for all pupils. Most of our pupils benefit from strong, established routines and are unsettled by disruption to those routines. There is a clear link between good attendance and high standards. The school’s ethos encourages pupils to feel that their presence is important and that they are missed when they are absent or late.
Behaviour Principles Written Statement
Southgate School, along with its governing body, are proud to promote good behaviour through building positive relationships. Alongside being a non-sanctioning school, we have high expectations of behaviour in our school, and adults’ model this at all times. They provide regular positive reinforcement of good behaviour throughout the school day.
Headteachers Welcome
Welcome to Southgate School!
I hope our website provides you with the information you need about Southgate School, our curriculum and the provision we offer.
I am incredibly fortunate to be the Interim Headteacher of such an amazing school! We pride ourselves on being a highly inclusive school where everybody is valued. We have a broad and diverse range of young people; they are all unique, very important, and at the centre of everything we do.
The pupils who attend Southgate all have complex special educational needs, are aged between 4 and 16, and have an Education, Health and Care Plan. We are a popular school and therefore our places are in high demand.
Our staff are both dedicated and highly skilled. They have access to a range of professional development opportunities and wellbeing support to enable them to provide a very nurturing environment where our pupils can thrive.
We continue to strive to offer the best provision we can for our pupils and their families. To support this, we are committed to working closely with parents, carers and families. We also work with a full range of external agencies and professionals, the wider community and partner schools. We have a robust, tenacious and persistent commitment to Safeguarding all the children and young people at Southgate School. Relationships in our school are a strength, and visitors comment on the very calm and warm environment.
If there is anything else you need, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Ruth Cranmer
