Samuel Cody School provides for primary and secondary age students with moderate learning difficulties. We challenge individual students to achieve their highest potential in both academic and personal development. This is encouraged in a cheerful and supportive environment where every student is valued for their strengths. Different learning styles are encompassed with visual, aural and kinaesthetic delivery actively utilised. We know safe, secure, happy students will achieve high standards.

Samuel Cody School is committed to maintaining and building upon its outstanding provision for children with a variety of special needs.

Our Vision

Our vision is to be a beacon of best practice where high standards and expectations provide guidance and inspiration to all. Our aim is to create an outstanding special school provision that ensures all learners leave as confident, happy young people with high levels of self-esteem, a clear picture of their future and the life skills, qualifications, abilities and personal characteristics to achieve their ambitions and have meaningful roles in society. We believe this vision will meet the needs of all of our learners, in years R-11, identified by Hampshire SEN as needing a special school placement and having moderate learning difficulties attributed to their SEND needs.

Samuel Cody School is committed to creating a safe, inclusive, nurturing and flexible school environment that reduces the severe anxiety and isolation that is often displayed in learners with SEND. Our commitment is to promoting success and achievement, health and well-being, safety and engagement for all of the county’s young people, preparing young people for adulthood and full participation in society.

We understand that some of our students might exhibit additional issues such as Pathological Demand Avoidance or difficulties with interpreting both verbal and non-verbal language like gestures or tone of voice. Additionally, they may have a range of coexisting needs such as ASD and ADHD as well as associated cognitive needs. As a result our students will require an equally nurturing environment to remove their barriers to learning. This will be supported by a highly skilled staff team and additional expertise from specialist in-school support including Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Counsellors and Educational Psychologists.