The Bridge School, Ipswich

The Bridge School
Established 2010
Type Community special school
Interim Head Mr Anthony Dickens
Location Heath Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP4 5SN
England
52°02′22″N 1°06′19″E / 52.0395°N 1.1053°E / 52.0395; 1.1053Coordinates: 52°02′22″N 1°06′19″E / 52.0395°N 1.1053°E / 52.0395; 1.1053
Local authority Suffolk
DfE URN 124909 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 141
Gender Coeducational
Ages 3–18

The Bridge School is an all-through foundation special school, located in Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk. The school was formed in 2010 as a result of the merger of Heathside Primary School and Belstead School, both of which were designated as special schools.[1] The school has 20 nursery pupils, 90 primary, 31 secondary and 7 post 16 students.

The school's current Interim Head Teacher is Anthony Dickens.

The school is located on one single site in Sprites Lane in Ipswich following completion of the new Primary School on land adjacent to the Secondary School. The secondary school educates children from ages 11 to 16[2] The primary campus has a nursery attached to it which children can join from age 3.[2]

Sixth Form provision is now provided on site with a recently established Post 16 facility and currently caters for 7 students.

The school is currently governed by an IEB or Interim Executive Board. However there are no plans to convert the school to an academy trust. This was confirmed by letter by Suffolk County Council on the 8th February 2018 following mixed communications and parent pressure.[3][4][5][6]


See also

References

  1. ↑ The Bridge School, Infolink, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  2. 1 2 Heathside School. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  3. ↑ "Letter from Suffolk County Council" (PDF). 8 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Mercer, Katie. "A victory for campaigners who want to save a special school from academisation". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  5. ↑ Mercer, Katie. "Anger at decision to force special school in Ipswich to become an academy". Ipswich Star. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  6. ↑ "Don't Break The Bridge School". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
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