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Welcome to Alder Grange

Our school is a unique and special place. There is a real sense of family and community within the school. Alder Grange is a school where everybody is inspired to be the best they can, where excellence is nurtured by everybody and a community in which everybody cares.

Our desire is to successfully develop the whole child. We place considerable emphasis on developing the foundations of personal achievement; their emotional and physical health and well-being, their social, moral, spiritual and cultural development, creativity and individuality. Our intention is to help our young people grow to become outstanding, independent, resilient and effective citizens in an uncertain, global 21st Century world. We strive to deliver a personalised curriculum alongside a rich offer of extra-curricular activities, enrichments and life skills for all our students. Naturally, academic progress and attainment are also extremely important to us, and you will find our results reflect this. This is due to a total commitment to excellent teaching and learning by a highly skilled and dedicated staff, constantly reflecting upon and developing their own practice. Many members of staff are former pupils.

Our school is inclusive in nature and values young people of all abilities from year 7 to year 13. We encourage them to care for one another and the school, to work as a team and to take on leadership roles. There is also a genuine care for and partnership with the young people in our care and their families.

Our current priorities in school include a focus on wellbeing, particularly mental health for both staff and pupils. The development of a curriculum intent that ensures all pupils are able to develop their knowledge and passions is taking place within all subject areas in school. During the seven years our pupils are with us they are given the skills and access to opportunities needed to make the next steps in to their adult lives. As a school we are never quite satisfied and build ongoing self-evaluation in to the school calendar to allow us to constantly review and reflect on our practice in order to improve.

Alder Grangers are rightly proud of their school and our often repeated phrase, ‘once an Alder Granger always an Alder Granger,’ reflects the strength of feeling our young people have for their school.

I have been a member of staff at Alder Grange since 1998 and I feel immensely proud and privileged to be Headteacher. I love the school and am passionate about ensuring it continues to go from strength to strength.

You would be welcome to visit and see our wonderful school in action at any time.

– Joanna Griffiths, Headteacher

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🌟 Calling all SEND Parents! 🌟We are excited to invite parents and carers to join our SEND parent/carer group. This group is a wonderful opportunity for parents to connect, share experiences, information, and support each other in navigating the SEND journey together. Whether you’re looking for advice, camaraderie, or simply a safe space to talk confidentially, online or in person, join us! We are also looking for passionate individuals to help lead the group and meet with key staff at Alder Grange once per term to discuss good SEND support for students. If you’re interested in joining us, or want to learn more, please get in touch on the email below:emma.speed@hotmail.co.uk … See MoreSee Less
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Message for all Parents and CarersFirst of all I would like to wish you all a happy new year and thank you all for your understanding, in what has been a particularly challenging start to the term. The decision to close or delay the start to the school day is complex and needs careful consideration of the conditions at school and on routes in. We always make these decisions as early as possible. The best source of early information is the school Facebook page, this is easily accessible and we have found this to be the most effective way to get messages out quickly. Wherever possible we follow this up with a parentmail, but due to the administration of this it does sometimes take a little longer to arrange. Many thanks to those of you who have contacted us to support decisions this week, and to keep us informed of your own circumstances. I would like to reiterate, that if you feel it is unsafe for your child to travel to school, then we support your decision. With all of this in mind, given the drop in temperature and ongoing icy conditions, arrangements for Thursday 9th & Friday 10th of January are as follows:School will open at the later time of 10am, registration will take place from 10:00am and lesson 2 will begin on time at 10:10am. This allows staff & pupils more time to travel to school in daylight and safely. The school site is safe. I am really hoping the warmer weather promised for the weekend materialises next week and the snow and ice disappear!Take care,Jo GriffithsHeadteacher … See MoreSee Less
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***** Wednesday 8th Jan – UPDATE ****School will be open from 11am – pupils should go straight to form rooms to registerSchool site is fine – as yesterday wear sensible shoes and take care on your journey. Please only travel if it is safe to do so.Pupils who have formal exams this morning should come to school at the normal time as this have to go ahead. Thanks for your understanding … See MoreSee Less
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