“I would just like to say thanks heaps for all the help and support you give all of us. You guys  truly are a fantastic school and I'm so glad my son is with you all. You’re doing a fab job teaching my little boy, he's coming on in leaps and bounds and that's all down to you guys and all the support you give him.”                        

                                                                                                  Parent 01.07.15

“This is a good school...pupils learn well because teaching is good with some outstanding teaching.”        

                                                                   Ofsted April 2013              

I just wanted to say thank you for the support you give to my son each day. The improvement I have seen is remarkable. His quality of life has improved massively. His progress and development has moved quickly since attending the school and it has changed the lives of our entire family. I wanted to thank you all. The job you do is difficult and challenging but no doubt rewarding too. Once again, many thanks.

                                                      parent 03.03.16

“The extraordinary willingness to be creative in achieving what the child needs and going the extra mile on many levels, at many times and in many different ways.”

                                                                                Student’s social worker 08.06.15

"My kid brother was at Barley Lane, and you guys did so much for him: our family love you!" He is really bright: he used to really hate that, until he went to Barley Lane; now he's really happy with it.”

                                                                                    Student`s older brother 12.02.15

“The place is transformed from when I was last there.... And that's testament to incredible skill and dedication.”

                                                                                            Visiting headteacher 02.03.16

“The respect that the staff had for the pupils: So many times during my visit I heard the staff telling the boys that they could achieve just as well as anyone. This worked particularly well when real life examples were given, e.g. boys achieving college places or the number of questions they could already answer on a GCSE paper.”

                                                                                  Master’s student  on placement 10.03.15

After 12 years of being the school nurse at Barley Lane, it is a wrench to give it up.  The school is a wonderful community that provides, in my opinion, fantastic support, nurturing and education to some of the most challenging young people.  I have always felt supported and welcomed by the school staff and it has been a pleasure to work with you.

                                                                                        School nurse April 2016

Dear Sir,

I write with reference to your recent  visit to our restaurant at McDonald’s Marsh Barton on the 19/05/2016. It has been bought to my attention by my customer host Kate how wonderfully behaved and well-mannered your students conducted themselves whilst visiting our restaurant. Please can you pass on this positive feedback to your students.   Thank you for your visit we hope to see you again soon.     Amelia Evans Shift Manager

Fab but what a fantastic way to start a week at school...Really appreciate all you all do as it's so lovely to finally send my son off to school happy and looking forward to it, that's a great feeling.'

                                                                                                  Parent 23.05.16