School Information
About
Mayfield School is situated on the outskirts of Whitehaven, a small Georgian Town on the Solway Firth, in West Cumbria. It has easy access to the Lake District and the Scottish Borders. In January 2019 we moved into a new purpose-built school on "Campus Whitehaven" and are co-located alongside and share some services with a good secondary school.
Mayfield School is an all age special school for children and young people with special educational needs. We see ourselves as a school of the future offering our children and young people excellent resources and learning opportunities.
We operate two departments.
- Lakes (10 classes) - for Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, 2
- Mountains (7 classes) - Key Stage 3, 4 and Post 16 students
The school is led by a leadership team of Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, SENCO and 2 Assistant Headteacher. Teaching staff
Other professionals work in the school and whilst we encourage them to feel part of the whole school team; they are employed by the Health Authority/Social Care, and as such work in other establishments.
We have input from Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech Therapists, all of whom have a special interest in people with learning disabilities and who work very well together
Our teaching record is strong and the staff
Like most Special Schools we offer our pupils a curriculum which embraces the National Curriculum yet continues to place a high emphasis on personal, social and moral education. We like to think we are offering the best of both worlds which not only gives our pupils very highly structured
The 14-19 group of young people
. Key stage 4 - ASDAN Transition Challenge
. Post 16 - ASDAN Personal Development Programme, Towards Independence and Employability
We take an active role in the 14-19 delivery system to ensure our young people have a broader entitlement to the curriculum and qualification choices. While staff
Our pupils are grouped according to age. This means all classes have a range of disabilities from severe to profound and multiple, alongside pupils with more challenging