Head Teacher- Mr Matthew Lantos
In its main role as a specialist Science & Mathematics college, Preston Manor aims to make science and mathematics accessible and exciting, by introducing children, students, teachers and our partners in the community to cutting-edge science, encouraging students to take up scientific careers and training research scientists as teachers.
Preston Manor is a very inclusive school. All children and students are treated as individuals and we are strongly committed to equality of opportunity. This ethos reflects the school motto, Munus Prae Jure, which dates back to our opening in 1938. It can be translated loosely as ‘Responsibility before rights’, or even ‘Do the right thing’.
COMPASS - ASD Provision at Preston Manor School
Head of Compass – Ms Anna Selwyn
Telephone: 0208 -385-4040 ext 251
Compass (Additionally Resourced Provision at PMS) was opened 2 years ago. It provides an education for students with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome of mainstream ability who require highly specialised and individual arrangements in order to access a mainstream school. Students are taught curriculum subjects in a mainstream environment but additionally they have access to a specially designed low stimulus area set in a building separate from the main school.
At Compass, students take part in additional activities designed to meet their individual, complex need. Groups are run to foster social interaction skills, support life and organisational skills and develop emotional literacy. Students are offered ‘sensory diet’ sessions in order to reduce their anxiety level. Pogrammes and timetables are student centred and highly differentiated.
Compass is a small, well resourced centre in a purpose-built building with access to cutting edge ICT equipment and a range of ASD-specific resources including a small sensory room. Students have access to an interactive whiteboard and a variety of software designed to improve their social and communication skills.
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