Welcome to The Sheiling Ringwood
Set in a stunning, sustainable and eco-friendly 45-acre site close to the New Forest and Dorset coastline, the natural surroundings of our school and college provide a rich, enabling and therapeutic learning environment for students, aged 5-25, who have a special educational need.
We specialise in autism and communication difficulties, severe and complex learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge.
Our mission is to create an educational, therapeutic community and environment, which upholds each person's human integrity and spiritual wholeness and where every child and young person, both because of and despite their individual challenges, has something to give and something to learn through all of their relationships with others.
Corine van Barneveld
Principal
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Our independent careers advisor offers college students valuable guidance and support as they begin to explore future pathways. During her most recent visit, she also spent time with students individually to focus the discussion on their next steps. This visit also had a twist! Students took on the role of interviewers, putting their questions directly to our careers advisor about their role, career journey and what inspired them to pursue this profession. Questions were thoughtful, individual and interesting - a great reflection of their curiosity and growing confidence. #school #college #day #residential #healthandtherapies #Dorset #Hampshire #specialeducation #75years