Stocklake Park Community School, (''formerly known as Park School''), is a

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. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 19. The school has approximately 65 pupils. The school caters for children with severe and multiple learning difficulties. Prior to 2007 the school also catered for children of

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age.

Charitable Connection

Park School is notable in that in 1983 it received a donation of a minibus, raised from funds from a

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match. The organisers of this golf match were English rugby supporters who had watched England win the

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in the 1983

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. They went on to found the

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which in 2007 is now a major charity in the UK and Ireland, raising funds for disadvantaged children and young people.

References

External links

School websiteOfsted ReportsDepartment for Education Performance Tables 2011
Special schools in Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Community schools in Buckinghamshire Special secondary schools in England {{Buckinghamshire-school-stub