Peak Forest
The key details
Address: Stockport Road, Hyde, SK14 3QF
​Phone number: 0330 118 0974
Acting Head of School: Neil Smith
Executive Headteacher: Catherine Donnelly
Designated Safeguarding Lead: Katie Bradley
Key Stages offered: Key Stage 3
Our school
Nestled in Hattersley, Tameside, Peak Forest is secondary specialist school catering for autistic learners providing a bespoke academic and vocational curriculum for pupils aged 11-14 (Key Stage 3).
Our mission is to focus on creating the best learning environment for all our learners to thrive and reach their full potential.
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A smaller more manageable school setting of just 32 students allows learners the opportunity to access a variety of subjects matched closely to the national curriculum but delivered in a bespoke manner and tailored to their individual needs.
The school also offers a range of extracurricular activities as well as on-site animal intervention and therapy sessions.
With perfectly sized classrooms, Peak offers learners a safe, welcoming environment with plenty of boards to stimulate the mind...
Students are supported by an experienced and dynamic staffing team who are ready to support learners with all that is needed.
Set over two floors offering seven teaching classrooms, communal space, intervention and nurture rooms, school library, catering teaching suite and access to many off-site facilities.
Peak Forest also boasts a large outside space for students to access physical education and other sporting activities at break and lunch times.
This space is shared with our animal therapy and is home to our on-site animals including goats, ducks, chickens and rabbits.
We've plenty of room to run about, with football goal frames also on site.