Welcome to Abbot’s Lea School

 

 

 

 

Abbot’s Lea School is an outstanding maintained community special school that provides the highest quality of education for nearly 300 students aged 3-19 living with Autism and a range of associated communication, interaction, social, imagination, sensory and learning differences.

I feel honoured to be our school’s Headteacher and, together with my fantastic team of some 160 staff, we work tirelessly to ensure that we offer the best education and care to our students and support to their families and the wider community.

I have always practised an ‘open door’ policy, and so I really encourage you to take advantage of this and, should you wish to make an appointment to see me, please contact my PA, Mrs E Kelly on pa@abbotsleaschool.co.uk

I also warmly encourage you to find out more about our school’s daily updates by following us on  Facebook and X: @AbbotsLeaSchool and to tune into our Head’s Weekly Newsletter which aims to keep you updated with the life of the school each Friday.

For all admission enquiries, please note that we are a maintained school and so, admissions are managed by Liverpool City Council SEND Team – contact: sen.team@liverpool.gov.uk (this applies to all admissions, including those from other local authorities).

For holiday planning (outside of term time, please), see this year’s term dates: Term dates 2026-27 and next year’s term dates: Term dates 2027-28

and for special events at school, please see:

Key Diary Dates – Term 1

During 2026-27 academic year, our school is organised as follows:

Teaching and Learning operation:

If you have any questions regarding the teaching and learning, care, safeguarding or therapeutic support for the students, please contact  Mrs Tobin, my Deputy Headteacher, who can be contacted on deputy@abbotsleaschool.co.uk

Our Primary Department is led by Mrs Cartwright, Assistant Headteacher (primary@abbotsleaschool.co.uk)

  • Early Years and Key Stage One (EY/KS1)
    Key Stage Two (KS2)
    Flexible Provision (FP) for primary-aged students

Our Secondary Department is led by Mr Mason, Assistant Headteacher (secondary@abbotsleaschool.co.uk)

  • Key Stage Three (KS3)
    Key Stage Four (KS4)
    Key Stage Five (KS5)
    Supported Internships (SI)
    Flexible Provision (FP) for secondary-aged students

Our Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) is overseen by Mrs Tobin, Deputy Headteacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead

This team includes:

  • Safeguarding Team (ST), managed by Miss Sharpe, Safeguarding Manager(safeguarding@abbotsleaschool.co.uk)
  • Speech and Language Therapy (SALT)
  • Occupational Therapy (OT)
  • Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) team, managed by Mrs Cartwright (primary@abbotsleaschool.co.uk) and Mr Mason (secondary@abbotsleaschool.co.uk.uk) 

We are here to help with any welfare matters arising 52 weeks a year.

School Business Support (SBS) operation is led by Mrs Myers, my School Business Manager, who oversees our school’s finance and operations (sbm@abbotsleaschool.co.uk).

 

Autism Research and Professional Development

Our vision is to be an International Centre of Excellence in Autism Education, Research and Professional Development, where every student and member of staff can be the best that they can be – we hope you join us on our journey!

If you are keen to be our research and development partner, please contact me directly at headteacher@abbotsleaschool.co.uk

I hope you enjoy the content of our website, and I invite you to become an active member of our school broad community.

Mrs A Hildrey, FCCT, B.Ed(Hons), M.Ed. NPQH, NPQEL
Headteacher