School Summary

Acorn Park School


Boys: 79
Girls: 15
Total Pupils: 94
Opened: 05-05-2005
Ofsted: Good
: Philippa Whipp
Acorn Park School
Andrews Furlong
Norwich
Norfolk
NR16 2HU
Telephone: 01953888656
Website: https://www.acornpark.org.uk

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AccreditationExpiryDate:
Address3: Banham
AdministrativeWard (code): E05010257
AdministrativeWard (name): The Buckenhams & Banham
AdmissionsPolicy (code): 0
AdmissionsPolicy (name): Not applicable
BSOInspectorateName (name): Not applicable
Boarders (code): 3
Boarders (name): Boarding school
BoardingEstablishment (name): Does not have boarders
CCF (name): Not applicable
CHNumber:
CensusDate: 20-01-2022
CloseDate:
Country (name):
County (name): Norfolk
DateOfLastInspectionVisit:
Diocese (code): 0000
Diocese (name): Not applicable
DistrictAdministrative (code): E07000143
DistrictAdministrative (name): Breckland
EBD (name): Not applicable
Easting: 606912
EdByOther (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentAccredited (code): 0
EstablishmentAccredited (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentName: Acorn Park School
EstablishmentNumber: 6152
EstablishmentStatus (code): 1
EstablishmentStatus (name): Open
EstablishmentTypeGroup (code): 5
EstablishmentTypeGroup (name): Special schools
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FSM: 0
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GOR (code): G
GOR (name): East of England
GSSLACode (name): E10000020
Gender (code): 3
Gender (name): Mixed
HeadFirstName: Philippa
HeadLastName: Whipp
HeadPreferredJobTitle:
HeadTitle (name): Mrs
InspectorateName (name): Ofsted
InspectorateReport:
LA (code): 926
LA (name): Norfolk
LSOA (code): E01026435
LSOA (name): Breckland 013B
LastChangedDate: 07-06-2023
Locality: Mill Road
MSOA (code): E02005515
MSOA (name): Breckland 013
NextInspectionVisit:
Northing: 288566
NumberOfBoys: 79
NumberOfGirls: 15
NumberOfPupils: 94
NurseryProvision (name): Not applicable
OfficialSixthForm (code): 1
OfficialSixthForm (name): Has a sixth form
OfstedLastInsp: 10-03-2022
OfstedRating (name): Good
OfstedSpecialMeasures (code): 0
OfstedSpecialMeasures (name): Not applicable
OpenDate: 05-05-2005
ParliamentaryConstituency (code): E14000952
ParliamentaryConstituency (name): South West Norfolk
PercentageFSM: 0.0
PhaseOfEducation (code): 0
PhaseOfEducation (name): Not applicable
PlacesPRU:
Postcode: NR16 2HU
PreviousEstablishmentNumber:
PreviousLA (code): 999
PreviousLA (name):
PropsName: Acorn Care and Education Ltd
QABName (code): 0
QABName (name): Not applicable
QABReport:
RSCRegion (name): East of England and North-East London
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (code): 00
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (name): Not applicable
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (code): 06
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (name): New Provision
ReligiousCharacter (code): 06
ReligiousCharacter (name): None
ReligiousEthos (name): None
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SEN1 (name): ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
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SENNoStat: 0
SENPRU (name): Not applicable
SENStat: 94
SchoolCapacity: 125
SchoolSponsorFlag (name): Not applicable
SchoolSponsors (name):
SchoolWebsite: www.acornpark.org.uk
Section41Approved (name): Not approved
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SpecialClasses (code): 1
SpecialClasses (name): Has Special Classes
StatutoryHighAge: 19
StatutoryLowAge: 6
Street: Andrews Furlong
TeenMoth (name): Not applicable
TeenMothPlaces:
TelephoneNum: 01953888656
Town: Norwich
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 0
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Not applicable
Trusts (code):
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TypeOfEstablishment (code): 10
TypeOfEstablishment (name): Other independent special school
TypeOfResourcedProvision (name): Not applicable
UKPRN: 10018107
UPRN: 100091310017
URN: 135066
UrbanRural (code): E1
UrbanRural (name): (England/Wales) Rural village
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"2 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"If I could give a zero rating I would, this school was so lovely until taken over by outcomes first group. Now I feel the new management of this school should not be allowed near children, let alone those with special needs. There is no care for children or staff, if you dare to speak out you are pushed out. So glad my child is out of there.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"If I could give a zero rating I would, this school was so lovely until taken over by outcomes first group. Now I feel the new management of this school should not be allowed near children, let alone those with special needs. There is no care for children or staff, if you dare to speak out you are pushed out. So glad my child is out of there.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Beth Knight","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/105493617746249057982\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjUfjmJxu52StBGmglSMtu9zx10HqmXxdurMDlUzNh88GXA=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2021-01-19T06:57:12Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"2 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Absolutely appalling school , management don't care about the students and will do very little to help them , have been left many times by the management feeling like I'm in only cared about for my funding , the only reason the school deserves 1 star is because there are a few teaching staff that are actually nice.\n\nThe school in general are horrifyingly bad at dealing with T1 diabetes so if your child has any sort of disability I would not recommend sending them as the school have such a bad approach towards it.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Absolutely appalling school , management don't care about the students and will do very little to help them , have been left many times by the management feeling like I'm in only cared about for my funding , the only reason the school deserves 1 star is because there are a few teaching staff that are actually nice.\n\nThe school in general are horrifyingly bad at dealing with T1 diabetes so if your child has any sort of disability I would not recommend sending them as the school have such a bad approach towards it.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Madi-Elise Quentin-Hicks","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/118239822069905612382\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjVLRgooL2LvEZ9uVY0m2q2a_qkYUn4G0gz0t3p3wne4YPU=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2020-10-14T17:54:56Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"2 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Horrible management, your children are not free never left alone because staff cant trust them, if 0 stars are possible I would rate 0, avoid this school!\nthis school is becoming more and more mainsteam and is moving further away from helping students.\nalso the school has recently turned citrus free witch is a massive problem for some students with vitamin c deficiencys.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Horrible management, your children are not free never left alone because staff cant trust them, if 0 stars are possible I would rate 0, avoid this school!\nthis school is becoming more and more mainsteam and is moving further away from helping students.\nalso the school has recently turned citrus free witch is a massive problem for some students with vitamin c deficiencys.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"big chungus","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/116326209376627321955\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJqTGOAO8YK7Pwui3Ca876x1qzGoyDfeIwSzu3thhOn=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2021-04-13T11:02:34Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"At grass roots level a lovely school to work in , great students and staff . However , in my experience some managers tend to lie to their staff and if you get a job make sure everything they say is put into writing . I was dismissed with 15 minutes notice and no good reason has yet been given . Management seem to have very little professional integrity.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"At grass roots level a lovely school to work in , great students and staff . However , in my experience some managers tend to lie to their staff and if you get a job make sure everything they say is put into writing . I was dismissed with 15 minutes notice and no good reason has yet been given . Management seem to have very little professional integrity.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Graham Young","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/108296904301178676268\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocKyU_AifssZ39U-CIWtsy4lZOrrjOBF-bHVuXOSElvs=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2020-02-28T02:06:53Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"2 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"School is great. My sons behaviour completely changed. Made a lot of progress. Much calmer :) great teachers and professional staff. Have a lot of support for him. And therapies.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"School is great. My sons behaviour completely changed. Made a lot of progress. Much calmer :) great teachers and professional staff. Have a lot of support for him. And therapies.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"line","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/100600741353740766739\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjWVcyctb1NVbp_BTzqJKlzwTpGRynrVsFFiCW5If8IS3wU=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2021-06-22T13:07:06Z"}]