This Year is a big year for me as this will be my 30th consecutive great North Run making a total of 393 miles ! 

I had the pleasure of working for 2 days at the Percy Hedley School in Forest Hall and was taken aback by the kids and the work the school do with a catchment area of the whole of the North of England and Southern Scotland Here is some information about the work the school do :-

Foundation SchoolsThe Percy Hedley Foundation maintains two schools on three sites,Percy Hedley Primary Department, Percy Hedley Secondary Department and Northern Counties School. Our schools work with children aged six months to 19 years. We provide day end five-day boarding education with high-quality care, respite and independence training for pupils on a full or part-time basis.

Percy Hedley School specialises in working with three distinct groups of children. Our work with children who have cerebral palsy is based on Conductive Education as practised at the Peto Institute in Budapest. Specialist teachers and therapists provide an integrated approach to working with children who have speech, language and communication difficulties and complex difficulties including dyspraxia, dyslexia and ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). The school has considerable experience of working with children on the autistic spectrum who show the potential to access a group approach with support. Following our merger with Northern Counties School we have launched a new, highly specialised education provision for children with hearing impairment based at our secondary school provision.

Northern Counties School has a national reputation for excellent practice and provides education, therapy and care for children with hearing and visual impairment, complex needs and autism. The school specialises in a total communication approach.

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