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[email protected] Executive Principal Keith Bennett Background Information 2020-21 (v10.03.21 update) Background Marland School opened in 1967 as an independent residential special school before being purchased by Devon County Council in September 1998 and then gaining DCC maintained Co-operative Foundation Trust status in September 2012 as part of the SENtient Trust consisting of all of Devon’s maintained special schools (the first multiple Special School Co-op Trust in the country). This special school *currently operates across 3 separate school sites for students who have Social, Emotional and/or Mental Health (SEMH) needs. The structure consists of: • Marland Residential School (Peters Marland, Torrington) – Years 4-11 (boys only). • Marland Secondary Day School (Roundswell, Barnstaple) – Years 7-11 (coed. but currently boys only). • Marland Primary Day School (Bideford) – Years 2-7 (coed. but currently boys only). * The school is currently in advanced discussions with Devon Local Authority to further expand our provisions. All students have an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) identifying SEMH as their primary need, the majority with associated resultant behavioural issues. Many students have additional needs (e.g. ASD, ADHD, OCD, Tourette’s and Moderate or Specific Learning Difficulties / Delays, etc.). Post 16 destinations for students are predominantly successful for the majority of school leavers (FE / HE, Training and/or Employment). Former students often maintain contact with the school and positively acknowledge and praise the support that it offered them. In November 2016 the whole school received a joint ‘Integrated’ Education and Residential Care inspection and was judged to be GOOD in all nine categories.