Newbury Manor School can support up to 45 young people aged 6 to 19 years who have an autistic spectrum diagnosis and have complex needs. In addition we can provide on-site residential care for up to eight students.

We offer a flexible range of packages including:

• Day and weekly/termly boarding provision
• 52 week provision in partnership with our nearby children’s home
• Full or part time packages
• A broad and balanced curriculum, tailored to individual needs
• A wide range of accreditation
• A focus on holistic outcomes for every young person
• Direct or indirect therapeutic input
• Carefully planned transition, including re-integration to mainstream / maintained provision, where appropriate
• Outreach and advisory support

The school is located in a beautiful, rural location in Somerset. Formerly a Georgian manor house, Newbury Manor School has a range of outbuildings and extensive grounds, and has recently been refurbished to a very high standard.

The school is easily accessible to those within a large geographical area, being only five miles from Frome and eight miles from Bath. We are just 80 minutes by train from London Paddington.

Staff at Newbury Manor School take part in extensive training, which starts as soon as they are appointed. We run a personalised, high quality, thorough induction programme. This supports staff throughout their probationary period and includes ongoing, regular and progressive training combined with specialist training. Staff at Newbury Manor School access training in a variety of ways, including:

• In-house workshops
• Full training days with internal and external specialists
• Foundations for Growth - An award-winning on-line training facility offered by Aspris Central Services, which covers:
• ADHD awareness
• Basic Life Support
• Basic Medication training
• Induction training
• Care planning for young people
• CBT training
• Counselling skills
• Confidentiality and data protection
• Clinical risk assessments
• Crisis management
• Driver assessments
• Disability Discrimination Act
• Developing stories to support social understanding within ASD
• Emergency procedures
• Equal opportunities
• Ethnicity
• Every Child Matters
• Food Hygiene
• Fire Marshall Training
• Fire Safety
• Food Safety for Food handlers
• First Aid
• Infection Control
• IOSH Managing Safety
• IT security
• Learning Disability Awareness
• Leadership and Management award
• Mental Health Act Updates
• Mental Health and Learning Disabilities
• Positive Ways of Challenging Behaviour
• Prevention of Suicide and Self harm
• Medication training for new staff/ post probation staff and senior staff
• Safeguarding Children and Adults

Seeking a rewarding career?

By joining our team at Aspris Children’s Services, you will have the opportunity to help change the lives of the children and young people that we support.

‘To deliver specialist educational, vocational, therapeutic and care services for young people who have needs that are associated with a diagnosis on the autistic spectrum, and who have moderate to severe learning difficulties and associated complex needs. Together we seek to inspire, enable, develop and support young people to achieve their full potential on their lifelong learning journey.’