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About Us 

The Meadows Community School is a mixed community school for students aged 11 - 16 years.
The school is located in Old Whittington, which is to the north of Chesterfield, on a pleasant open site with extensive playing fields and sports centre. 

Our aims are to:
• Create an ordered, caring and supportive environment, which recognises and encourages the achievement of high standards in all areas of school life.
• Offer a broad and balanced curriculum, which provides equality of opportunity for all and provides students with the knowledge, skills, understanding and qualifications they need for later life.
• Develop an ethos, which values the contribution of all its members, encourages personal development and celebrates success and achievement through our student evaluators. 

The Meadows has been involved in the Derbyshire Extended Schools Project since 2003 and places a high profile on introducing the new government initiative of 'Every Child Matters'. 

We believe it is important that we work closely with the LEA and other agencies to ensure our students work towards:
• Being Healthy
• Staying Safe
• Enjoying and Achieving
• Making a Positive Contribution
• Economic Well Being

The school aims to:
• Create an ordered, caring and supportive environment, which recognises and encourages the achievement of high standards in all areas of school life and provides students and staff with opportunities to develop their full potential.
• Offer a broad and balanced curriculum, which provides equality of opportunity for all and provides students with the knowledge, skills, understanding and qualifications they will need for later life.
• Develop an ethos, which values the contribution of all its members, encourages personal development and celebrates success and achievement.
• Provide a pleasant and stimulating environment which contributes to the identity and pride in the school.
• Develop links and partnerships with parents and the wider community.
• Offer quality careers education and guidance promoting education as a life-long process and preparing students for the world beyond school.
• Involve all its members, teaching and support staff, students, parents and governors in the delivery of quality education.
• Promote equality of opportunity for all members of the school community and celebrate cultural diversity.
As a school we hope to:
• Develop in students a sense of self-discipline and an acceptance of responsibility for their own actions.
• Encourage respect and consideration of others and for the environment.
• Create an atmosphere and community in which effective learning can take place.

An Enhanched Resource 

The Meadows has an Enhanced Resource for hearing impaired students. It offers on-site special support and resources, including individual teaching of language programmes, to hearing impaired students with a wide range of needs. The Enhanced Resource is staffed by a Teacher of the Deaf and 7 Communication Support Workers (CSWs). Hearing impaired students attending The Meadows access a high level of specialist support in order to gain full access to, and benefit from, a mainstream education. Most, but not all of our students have a Statement of Special Educational Needs. 

We have a philosophy of Total Communication, and use a range of communication strategies to support the needs of the individual student. These include Sign Supported English (SSE), British Sign Language (BSL), and aural/oral approach. 

Students are fully included in mainstream classes and receive 1-1 support from a CSW or Teacher of the Deaf. All hearing impaired students have full access to out-of-school activities, and residential visits. On occasions, students are withdrawn from mainsteam classes to access 1-1 teaching in the ERS base.