Furze Down School
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Furze Down School is a co-educational
special school in Winslow
, Buckinghamshire
. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 5 through to the age of 19. The school has approximately 114 pupils.
The school caters for children with a range of special educational needs, including learning difficulties, autism
, behavioural, social and emotional difficulties, and language and communication difficulties.
In February 2006 an Ofsted
inspection judged the school to be "outstanding" and the school is included in Ofsted's outstanding providers list.
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
special school in Winslow
Winslow, Buckinghamshire
Winslow is a small market town and also a civil parish designated as a town council within Aylesbury Vale district in north Buckinghamshire. It has a population of about 4500....
, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 5 through to the age of 19. The school has approximately 114 pupils.
The school caters for children with a range of special educational needs, including learning difficulties, autism
Autism
Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their...
, behavioural, social and emotional difficulties, and language and communication difficulties.
In February 2006 an Ofsted
Office for Standards in Education
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
inspection judged the school to be "outstanding" and the school is included in Ofsted's outstanding providers list.