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Private special school in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England

Oversands School
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Witherslack Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6SD England
Coordinates	54°16′05″N 2°52′00″W / 54.26814°N 2.86667°W / 54.26814; -2.86667
Information
Type	Private special school
Established	1973
Specialist	SEN
Department for Education URN	112452 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Coeducational
Age	8 to 19
Enrolment	67
Website	https://witherslackgroup.co.uk/oversands-school/

Oversands School (formerly Witherslack Hall School) is a private special school with specialist SEN status situated in the village of Witherslack near Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England.

It was opened in 1973 as a residential and day school for boys aged 11–19 with special educational needs, including complex learning, communication, behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.

The school has now been renamed to Oversands School and is a coeducational school for pupils aged 8 to 19.

The School is now run by Witherslack Group Ltd, a group which provides care and education for children with SEN needs, alongside children's homes.

Witherslack Hall

The school's central building, Witherslack Hall, was built in 1874 by Lancaster architects Paley and Austin and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It gave its name to a steam locomotive in the GWR Modified Hall Class, 6990 Witherslack Hall.

References

Group, Witherslack. "Specialist SEN Schools UK | Day and Residential | Witherslack Group". Witherslack Group. Retrieved 27 December 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "Oversands School", Gov.uk, retrieved 22 April 2020
Witherslack Hall School, retrieved 18 April 2011
Historic England, "Witherslack Hall and attached outbuilding (1087135)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 15 November 2012

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Oversands School website

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