The Chiltern School

Every learner has an Education Health Care Plan or Statement of Educational Needs.

“All of our learners have an Education Health Care Plan or Statement of Educational Needs.”

Classroom and extracurricular activities are intended to include all pupils, including those with special educational needs.

“In practice we ensure that classroom and extra-curricular activities encourage the participation of all pupils, including those categorised as having Special Educational Needs.”

The school collaborates with internal and external agencies.

“We are committed to partnership working through a collaborative approach with internal and external agencies.”

The school participates in Operation Encompass with Bedford Borough Council and Bedfordshire Police.

“The Chiltern School is part of a project that runs jointly between schools, Bedford Borough Council and Bedfordshire Police.”

Pupils receive at least one careers guidance meeting before Year 12 and another before leaving school, with additional meetings available according to need.

“Pupils receive a minimum of one advice and guidance meeting before academic year 12 and another meeting before they leave school with the flexibility to respond to need and have additional meetings.”

Pupils encounter employers through off-site business visits and specialist careers workshops at school.

“Pupils also benefit from multiple employer engagements which they encounter either through visiting businesses and employers off-site in situ and through meeting with employers who visit pupils for specialist careers workshops held in school.”

The school says every community member is equally valued and expected to treat others with respect.

“The School strives to ensure that whatever the abilities and needs of members of the school community, everyone is equally valued and treats one another with respect under the Equality Act 2010.”

The school's named values are Kindness, Curiosity, Respect, Aspiration and Courage.

“Our values are Kindness , Curiosity , Respect , Aspiration and Courage .”

The school provides all-through specialist education for pupils aged 3 to 19 with a range of SEND.

“The Chiltern School is an inclusive all through special school where we educate pupils aged 3 to 19 years with a range of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.”

Post-16 pupils gain practical enterprise and vocational experience by operating a café, lunch service and weekly market.

“Our post 16 pupils run an in school cafe and lunch service as well as host a weekly market within our local town centre to sell second hand items and the enterprise items they have made in school or grown within their horticultural lessons.”

Special-school admissions are centrally managed by the local authority SEND Team.

“Admissions to special schools are managed by the Central Bedfordshire Council SEND Team, who manage admissions centrally (Telephone: 0300 300 8356)”

Families can contact the school by telephone or email to arrange a visit.

“If you would like to arrange a visit to our school, please call 01582 866972 or email school@chiltern.beds.sch.uk”

Qualified in-school careers leadership provides accessible, impartial and personalized guidance about post-school choices, including technical and training routes.

“This enables us to provide young people with impartial, customised advice and guidance onsite, in a way that is accessible to them, supporting pupils to communicate their voice within the decision making process and to be better informed of the choices and pathways available to them when they leave school, including where meaningful, future technical and training pathways.”