Callow Park
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Callow Park College is a Private sixth form college located 1 mile south of Wirksworth
Wirksworth
Wirksworth is a small market town in Derbyshire, England, with a population of over 9,000.The population of the Wirksworth area including Cromford, Bolehill and Middleton-by-Wirksworth is about 12,000. Wirksworth is listed in the Domesday Book in 1086. Within it is the source of the River...

 in Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

 it is part of Alderwasley Hall School
Alderwasley Hall School
Alderwasley Hall School is an independent residential special school. The school is for children and young people aged 5 to 19 with Aspergers , speech and language difficulties and Acquired Brain Injury...

, It is named after the village of Callow
Callow, Derbyshire
Callow is a village and a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales District, in the English county of Derbyshire. It is near the small town of Wirksworth and the reservoir Carsington Water....

 which is about a mile away and the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is a long heritage railway in Derbyshire, the headquarters of the railway centre around Wirksworth station and services operate between Wirksworth and Duffield and Wirksworth and Ravenstor...

 runs next to the site.

Country Club

it was previously a county club with several Squash courts, a small swimming pool, 2 outdoor tennis courts and rooms for visitors to stay the night

Use as a School

in 1993 the site closed and became part of Alderwasley Hall School
Alderwasley Hall School
Alderwasley Hall School is an independent residential special school. The school is for children and young people aged 5 to 19 with Aspergers , speech and language difficulties and Acquired Brain Injury...

and was converted into a school. Callow Park is for students aged sixteen to nineteen and for younger students when studying for Art and PE. Many of these students also attend nearby colleges such as Ilkeston and Buxton on a part time basis. Some of the students live at the site while many day students attend from nearby areas. Despite being a Private College the majority of funding comes from local education authorities (lea).

It is owned by the SENAD Group based Derby who run other schools children and young people with learning difficulties.

Specialisms

Callow park is Primarily for Aspergers Syndrome and speech and language difficulties, but does take students with Autistic Spectrum of Difficulties, Dyslexia, Specific Learning Difficulties , Social Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, Delicate/Medical Conditions, Epilepsy and Dual/Multi-Sensory Impairment

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