An MP has pledged to back a Walsall special school over concerns about proposed cuts to transport funding which would ‘put students at serious risk’.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/walsall/2018/12/01/mp-vows-to-back-special-school-over-plans-to-axe-transport/

We celebrated Harvest by thinking about the things we are thankful for. Students and parents came in and joined in with singing and dancing to Harvest songs, watching a sketch about helping others and listening to poems read by the students. Staff and students brought in tinned and packet food that we donated to a local food bank.

To help our students learn about the world of work we now have a weekly work experience placement taking place at The Craft Barn. The Craft Barn is a social enterprise that re-cycles and sells crafting products and materials. The Craft Barn was set up by Saxon Hill school to enable learners with SEND to get support experience of the world of work.  The Craft Barn is open to the public and is always happy to receive donations of craft related items and materials.  Its great to get our students to try the world of work, and it means the craft barn can now open for an extra day each week. We also have students undertaking work experience at support staff at Old Hall School, Its great to be working with other special schools to give more opportunities to our students.  http://saxonhillcraftbarn.co.uk/

Mary Elliot School are delighted to be working with Peter Imray, Peter has been instrumental in the development of the EQUALs Semi-Formal Curriculum and will working with Mary Elliot School throughout the school year to help us embed our exciting new Semi-Formal and Informal Curriculums. Not only is peter a vastly experienced SEN teacher and consultant, he has published a number of books and articles with a focus on the curriculum for SEND learners. Most recently “Inclusion is Dead, Long Live Inclusion” (co-authored with Andrew Colley) published by Routledge in 2017.