Alderwasley Hall
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| Established | 1930 (Special School 1976) |
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| Type | Independent special school |
| Head Teacher | Sara Forysth |
| Location |
Alderwasley Derbyshire DE56 2SR England 53°04′34″N 1°30′50″W / 53.076°N 01.514°WCoordinates: 53°04′34″N 1°30′50″W / 53.076°N 01.514°W |
| DfE number | 830/6016 |
| DfE URN | 113021 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 134 |
| Students | 96 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 5–19 |
| Colours | Pink, Blue (Unofficial) |
| Sixth form | Alderwasley Hall Sixth Form Centre |
| Website | alderwasleyhall.com |
Alderwasley Hall School is an independent residential special school. The school is for children and young people aged 5 to 19 with Asperger's, speech and language difficulties and Acquired Brain Injury. It is in and named after the village of Alderwasley in the Peak District, close to Wirksworth in Derbyshire, England.
The earliest owners of the land were the Le Fownes in the thirteenth century. No description remains of the original house except the chapel of St Margaret which was rebuilt in the sixteenth century. The Lownes owned the estate during the fifteenth century and the house at this time most likely took an 'H' formation. The Lownes then passed the estate to the Francis Hurt of Dovedale in 1690 and the estate was transformed. An iron forge was established nearby at Shining Cliff Woods in 1764 and the house was extended in ashlar Millstone Grit sandstone. An eighteenth century deercote is a significant feature of the park and recently restored from ruin. By 1880 the estate was around 3,500 acres with 200 acres of walled deer park. The estate was inherited by Hurt's son, also Francis Hurt who was also High Sheriff. The Hurts were responsible for building two other country homes on the estate for members of the family, being Chase Cliffe and Oakhurst House. The estate was broken up in 1920 and the Hurts sold the house in 1930 when they moved to Casterne Hall, Staffordshire. The house was sold to a Benedictine Order to be used as a school. In 1976 it became a Special School. The house was made a Grade II listed building in 1967.
The school is primarily a term-time residential school, but takes day pupils primarily from Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire. It also has an onsite Children's Home for some pupils to live 52 weeks a year at the school. Despite being an independent school, the majority of funding comes from local education authorities (LAs).
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