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Mary Hare School achieves OUTSTANDING in Ofsted Care

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Mary Hare achieves OUTSTANDING in Ofsted Care

Mary Hare School is celebrating huge success as it has achieved Outstanding in all areas following their annual Ofsted visit for residential care.
Mary Hare School is a school for deaf children and young people based in Newbury, Berkshire. With students attending from across the UK, many of the students also board at the school. Ofsted Care visits are made annually to ensure that appropriate standards of residential care are in place for the young people. Following their visit in October, the residential care at Mary Hare School was judged to be Outstanding is all areas.
A highlight from the report included: 鈥Managers and staff have created a highly aspirational culture that helps children to achieve their full potential and improves their life chances鈥.
When reporting on the impact of staff on the students, it shared that staff are 鈥attuned and responsive to children鈥檚 presenting needs鈥 as well as being 鈥invested in the ethos of the school and take great pride in supporting development鈥.
The inspection team聽added that,聽for聽pupils,聽‘…the experience of moving to the school has been transformational for them and their parents鈥.
One child said, 鈥Moving to the school has allowed me to meet my best friends, express myself and find out who I am as a person.
Robin Askew, Principal of Mary Hare School, shares his delight in the results, 鈥淭his is a great achievement and reflects the concerted work over many years of all staff, but especially those who work in residential care. This result reflects our commitment to maintain Mary Hare as an ambitious and aspirational school,聽transforming the lives of deaf children and young people.鈥
Safeguarding at the school has been acknowledged as a significant strength in being 鈥榩roactive鈥, 鈥榤ethodical鈥 and 鈥榯ransparent鈥.
Another comment from the report states that, 鈥children enjoy access to a range of social and educational learning opportunities that are planned around the education timetable鈥, demonstrating the school鈥檚 holistic working between in-house therapists, wellbeing staff, teachers and residential staff.
For more information about Mary Hare School and to read the full report, visit:聽