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The Redway School is an all-age (2–19) state special school for children and young people who experience severe learning difficulties, serving the children of the Borough of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated in the Netherfield district of southern Milton Keynes.

Ruth Sylvester is the school's second headteacher. She took up her post in September 2005.

History

The school opened on 26 April 1993, upon the closure of Oliver Wells (Physical Difficulties) and Queens (Severe Learning Difficulties) Schools. Until September 1993, the school had two sites, in Netherfield and at the Queens campus on Whalley Drive, Bletchley. From September 1993 and until about February/March 1997 the school occupied the Whalley Drive site whilst the Netherfield site was extended and refurbished.

The reason that the extension and refurbishment took so long was that the first scheme was not allowed to go ahead. It was called off in January 1994 by the Department for Education (DfE). This was because the local education authority, it was then Buckinghamshire County Council, had not complied with all the DfE requests and had not listened to the parents.

From 1 April 1997 the school became the responsibility of Milton Keynes Council.

Inspections

In February 2003 Ofsted's annual report named The Redway as a "particularly successful school". As of 2024, the school's most recent inspection was in 2023, with a judgement of Good.

References

1. "The Evolution of The Redway School".
2. "Standards and Quality in Education 2000/01". www.archive2.official-documents.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
3. Petch, Jo (2023). "Inspection of a good school: The Redway School". Ofsted. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

Further reading

• The Redway School at Ofsted

External links

• "The Redway School - Welcome". www.theredway.net. Retrieved 21 October 2009.

• Special schools in Milton Keynes
• Educational institutions established in 1993
• 1993 establishments in England
• Community schools in Milton Keynes