Blackfriars Academy
Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 2TF
Academy special converter for ages 11–19 in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Mixed intake.
Blackfriars Academy is a special academy in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, teaching students aged 11 to 19, with a sixth form and special classes. Its SEN provision includes speech, language and communication needs, autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, severe learning difficulty and profound and multiple learning difficulty. Ofsted rated the school Outstanding at its last full inspection (2013).
The school describes personalised education that breaks down barriers to learning. It says staff work alongside physiotherapists, speech therapists, medical agencies and social agencies, and describes Immersive, Exploratory and Questioning curriculum pathways.