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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. 

Ethos and Values

Corine van Barneveld
Principal

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Celebrating 75 Years

This year, The Sheiling Ringwood celebrates 75 years of educating and caring for children and young people with special educational needs and this is a milestone we are incredibly proud of.

We have spent more than seven decades providing specialist education, residential care and tailored therapy in a calm and nurturing environment. Our school and college are built around strong relationships, consistency, community and truly understanding every young person as an individual who has true potential.

Corine van Barneveld, Principal of The Sheiling Ringwood, says this anniversary is a chance to reflect on a rich and diverse history and the ethos and values that have shaped the organisation since its beginnings.

“For 75 years, the Sheiling has been guided by the belief that every young person deserves to be known, valued and supported in a way that reflects who they are. That commitment continues to this day and underpins everything we do.”

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