page_title: Alderwasley Hall School
section_title: Use as a school
hierarchical_section_title: Alderwasley Hall School / Use as a school
caption_attribution_description: English: Alderwasley Hall, now a school, but once home to the Hurt family. Picture est date is 1905
context_page_description: Alderwasley Hall School is an independent residential special school. The school is for children and young people aged 5 to 19 with Asperger's, speech and language difficulties and Acquired Brain Injury. It is in and named after the village of Alderwasley in the Peak District, close to Wirksworth in Derbyshire, England.
context_section_description: The school is primarily a term-time residential school, but takes day pupils primarily from Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire. It also has an onsite Children's Home for some pupils to live 52 weeks a year at the school. Despite being an independent school, the majority of funding comes from local education authorities (LAs).
  The school has extensive grounds, which include a series of ponds, which are home to ducks and geese. The parish church of All Saints lies close to the entrance of the school grounds.
  The Headteacher is Sara Forsyth. It is owned by the SENAD Group based in Derby who run other schools for children and young people with learning difficulties.
  2017/18 was a second successive record breaking year for Student GCSE results for the school. There was further national uncertainty in GCSE results this year due to the implementation of GCSE reforms, including a new grading system for many GCSEs. Students this year, were graded on a 9-1 scale (9 being the highest) for reformed GCSEs, whilst retaining the A*-G scale (A* being the highest) for all other GCSEs. Of the 34 GCSEs taken by 19 young people in 11 different subjects every single one was passed and 74% of them were awarded a grade 4+/C+.
  In July 2018, the School was graded Good, with outstanding features by Ofsted Inspectors.
caption: Alderwasley Hall in about 1905
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