Our children & young people have a wide variety of special educational needs and disabilities including pupils with profound and multiple learning disabilities, severe learning difficulties, moderate difficulties and those with Autism. Some children & young people also have social, emotional and mental health difficulties associated with their learning difficulties.
What is important to us at Dorothy Goodman School?
Working within our values of Respect, Nurture and Independence, we provide experiences for children and young people which develop their personal qualities, learning and engagement skills.
Therefore our children and young people will have:
and they will be:
At Forest Way our vision is simple: we want every learner to ‘Thrive at Forest Way’. We aim to promote and value every young person and your child will be placed at the heart of everything we do. We take pride in the strength of our school community and you as parents are an integral part of this. You know your child best and we believe that working together is the best way. Staff in our school have an immense knowledge and understanding of our young people and work with each individual to ensure they feel safe and happy in school. We ensure that we are aspirational and that we meet the holistic needs of our pupils and young people.
The Fusion Academy is a special school for young people who have communication and interaction as their primary need. It is a school for young people who, for reasons associated with their communication and interaction difficulties, find accessing a mainstream school environment difficult. Attendance at the school may be for a few years or for a longer school career.
Before you go on to explore more about The Fusion Academy, you’ll want to know what’s important to us at the school:
We are all very proud of our school and would love to share what we do with you. I hope that this website gives you the information you need but please do not hesitate to give us a call if you would like further information.