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Exhall Grange School is one of six
in the parish of St Giles.
Founded in 1951 on the site of a
former army base, the school originally specialised in
teaching pupils with visual impairment. However, it
later began to extend its facilities and to enrol
students with other disabilities. It was, for many
years, predominantly a boarding school with pupils
attending from across the United Kingdom, and it was
regarded as being among the best in its field.
In more recent years, a greater number of children with
single disabilities have been included in mainstream
education, and Exhall Grange's role as a special school
has changed. Many of its students now have multiple
disabilities, and its residential facilities have been
significantly reduced. The school now caters largely for
pupils living in the local vicinity, with the main
catchment area being the northern part of Warwickshire,
including Bedworth and Nuneaton. Although it has a
Coventry postal address, it actually comes under the
control of Warwickshire Education Authority.
In 2001, Rushton Hall, an RNIB school based in
Kettering, Northamptonshire, relocated to the Exhall
Grange campus. However, the two schools remain
independent organisations.
In July 2003, Exhall Grange became the first special
school to achieve specialist science college status.
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