Winchelsea School
Guernsey Road, Parkstone, BH12 4LL
Community special school for ages 4–19 in Parkstone. Mixed intake.
Winchelsea School is a community special school in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, for boys and girls aged 4 to 19. It has special classes, with SEN provision spanning autism, sensory impairments, speech and language needs, social, emotional and mental health, and moderate, severe and specific learning difficulties. Ofsted rated it Good in July 2022.
The school uses the motto "I am. I can. I will." It says its curriculum includes Post 16 provision, supported internships and a life-skills centre, and describes bespoke packages shaped around individual needs, close work with families and outside agencies, and an outreach service for local schools.