Spa School
| Type | Community Special School |
|---|---|
| Location |
Monnow Road London SE1 5RN England Coordinates: 51°29′30″N 0°04′03″W / 51.49174°N 0.06758°W |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| DfE URN | 100873 |
| Staff | 70 |
| Students | 100+ |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Website |
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Spa School is a mixed secondary school in Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark. 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 between 11 and 19, both boys and girls, with a range of autism spectrum disorders between severe and high-functioning.[2]
Staff
The head teacher is Simon Eccles. There are over 70 members of staff.
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 Spa School. The one-hour documentary followed four students at the school as they revealed what it is like to grow up with a disability that affects around 535,000 people in the UK.[4]