Knowl Hill School
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Knowl Hill School is a private school
located in the village of Pirbright
in Surrey
, located on school lane. This school is a co-educational school offering teaching to pupils suffering from dyslexia
or other similar learning disabilities. There are only a small number of pupils in the entire school (for instance there were 46 pupils attending in 1998) and classes are also small, typically around 8 pupils, allowing greater interaction between pupils and teachers, as well as catering for the specific needs of the pupil.
Knowl Hill was founded in 1984. As well as standard classrooms, the school also provides science labs, computer labs as well as art and design technology rooms. The school itself is small, as are the grounds within which the school are located. Because of this, certain activities or sports take place outside of school, such as tennis which takes place on public tennis courts within Pirbright itself around a five minute walk from the school.
Many of the pupils leave at the end of year 5
or year 6 and go on to attend schooling in regular schools since in many cases by this age, pupils have caught up with the national education system and are able to cope with the full demands of the National Curriculum in an ordinary environment. However, for other students it is possible to sit GCSE exams while at the school.
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
located in the village of Pirbright
Pirbright
Pirbright is a village in Surrey, England. Neighbouring villages include Worplesdon, Deepcut, Brookwood and Normandy. Pirbright parish has an area of some falling into two distinct communities with the military area to the north of the railway and the village to the south...
in Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, located on school lane. This school is a co-educational school offering teaching to pupils suffering from dyslexia
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a very broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to read, and which can manifest itself as a difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, or rapid...
or other similar learning disabilities. There are only a small number of pupils in the entire school (for instance there were 46 pupils attending in 1998) and classes are also small, typically around 8 pupils, allowing greater interaction between pupils and teachers, as well as catering for the specific needs of the pupil.
Knowl Hill was founded in 1984. As well as standard classrooms, the school also provides science labs, computer labs as well as art and design technology rooms. The school itself is small, as are the grounds within which the school are located. Because of this, certain activities or sports take place outside of school, such as tennis which takes place on public tennis courts within Pirbright itself around a five minute walk from the school.
Many of the pupils leave at the end of year 5
Year 5
Year 5 can refer to:*The year 5 AD of the Gregorian calendar*Year Five, the fifth year of education in UK schools...
or year 6 and go on to attend schooling in regular schools since in many cases by this age, pupils have caught up with the national education system and are able to cope with the full demands of the National Curriculum in an ordinary environment. However, for other students it is possible to sit GCSE exams while at the school.