Selly Oak Trust School & Sixth Form Centre
On 12 September 2007, Selly Oak School and Specialist Science
College became one of the first 30 Trust school and the first
special school to gain trust status. Selly Oak School, recognised
by Ofsted as an outstanding secondary special school and sixth
form, caters for more than 400 students with special
educational needs (SEN).
The trust
The trust will directly support the work of the school including
developing and expanding the range of support for people with SEN
in a wide variety of settings particularly at age 19 plus. It will
also provide support and advice for parents confused about how best
to help, and secure help for, children with SEN.
As Selly Oak School remains a maintained Birmingham school, both
the new Foundation school and the Trust will offer vehicles for the
local authority to work in partnership to achieve its goals under
Every Child Matters.
The deficit of services for young adults with SEN after leaving
school in Birmingham has been identified by parents and the local
authority. Selly Oak School Trust will provide an umbrella for the
development of a wide range of services and support.
School comments
Graham Ridley, headteacher of Selly Oak School, said: ‘I am
particularly delighted that Selly Oak School’s ongoing partnership
with Midlands Co-operative Society Limited has extended and
deepened in this manner. We share a history of deep ethical
concern, care for the environment, and a determination to build a
better community for the future.
‘Selly Oak School will be further strengthened and enlivened by
the corporate acumen, business knowledge, ethical stance, support
and challenge which this partnership provides. Our joint commitment
to provide support for the vulnerable and disadvantaged will be
greatly strengthened through the organisational coherence this new
structure brings.