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We have links with many other schools and public organisations in the community. These benefit our pupils and enrich their experiences, and also help the wider community to understand the abilities and lives of our young people with disabilities. We are very active with lots of organisations, so this is a long page!
 Arundel Cricket Club - Our pupils sometimes visit the beautiful grounds of Arundel Cricket Club and Castle and have had some great days out there. Chailey Heritage School has been awarded the Christopher-Box Grainger Memorial Trophy for 2011. This award is made each year to the school or organisation which shows most dedication and commitment to their day of education and cricket coaching at Arundel in the calendar year. The trophy will be presented at the Cricket Society Autumn Dinner in London on 4th November 2011. ___________________________________________________________________ During Autumn Term 2010 and Spring Term 2011 the Secondary Department Community Cohesion Group have been working hard to set up an international link. With the help of Action Aid the group have sent a letter about themselves to a school in Malawi. On 18th February 2011 they organised 'Wear it Green Day', when all young people and staff wore something green. The group also produced a Treasue Hunt which was taken home over the half term period. The group raised £96 which will go to help the people of Malawi deal with climate change.
On 4th March Chailey Heritage hosted it's first School Council meeting for Specialist Schools. Visit our School council page to read more about this.
From the 1st April staff and pupils from Chailey Heritage have started to present Communication Workshops to local schools to so that pupils can experience different ways of communicating in interactive ways. _________________________________________________________________  Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall visited Chailey Heritage School on 9th September 2010. Her mother, the Honourable Rosalind Shand, was a volunteer at Chailey Heritage from 1962 and also supported the League of Friends. During her visit Her Royal Highness was able to meet staff who worked with her mother. Her Royal Highness was accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant, Peter Field and was escorted to the Primary Department where she was presented with a posy. She then visited the 16+ Department to observe students performing in the Positive Jazz Company and then went on to watch children enjoying themselves in the Multisensory Studio. The tour continued to the riding area where children were participating in horse riding therapy and then on to Willows Bungalow and the Chapel. Her Royal Highness proceeded to the Secondary Hall where she was presented with a gift and then unveiled a plaque to commemorate her visit and signed the Visitors’ Book. Both staff and pupils enjoyed meeting Her Royal Highness and watching her helicopter landing and taking off in the school field. We had a lovely afternoon and were all very proud to show off our school. Click here to see photos of the visit. ___________________________________________________________________
Mr Baker had a tour of the school, including the hydrotherapy pool and the new multisensory studio. He was also there to see a £10,000 cheque presented to Chailey Heritage School by Joe Ward, Jonty Revell and Tom Faro. The three students, who attend Central Sussex College in Haywards Heath, took part in the Three Peaks Challenge last year. Their mission was to climb Britain’s three highest peaks – Ben Nevis in Scotland, Scafell Pike in Cumbria and Snowdon in North Wales – within 24 hours. Despite atrocious weather they managed to complete the challenge in a time of 22 hours, 47 minutes and four seconds. Receiving the cheque on behalf of Chailey Heritage School was president Verena Hanbury who said: “The huge amount of work you put in to complete this task on our behalf was just fantastic.” _______________________________________________________________________ 16+ Department - Positive Jazz Company  16+ students have formed the Positive Jazz Company and performed in the Brighton Festival as shown in the photo above. They played at Middle Street Primary School in Brighton after their 'gig' at the Brighton Fesitval and Heart Radio came in to school to hear them perform. _______________________________________________________________________
We have a Scouts Group at Chailey Heritage and there are currently 16 Scouts including two young ladies in the group. Activities include a one week Summer Camp each year and a Firework Display organised by the Scouts for the whole school in November. _________________________________________________________________ Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club  Chailey Heritage School pupil Jadey is an ardent Brighton & Hove Albion, who has cerebral palsy and first tried out football through the Albion’s Disabilities Football Project. He enjoyed it so much that he persevered and established a wheelchair football team at Chailey Heritage School so that his fellow pupils could have a go too. The six-strong team, which Jadey manages, has since travelled to several tournaments but there are not many opportunities to play wheelchair football. Completely undeterred he is now setting up his own Sussex league which he plans to manage. This has been a long and frustrating process but, with a little help from volunteers, he is close to achieving his goal! He has already sent out letters to special schools in Sussex and is hoping to recruit teams from six to seven schools who will then be able to play fortnightly.
Congratulations to Jadey who received a standing ovation when he accepted his award from June Brown at the Local Hero Awards run by Mercury FM radio. Jadey was one of three winners in the Young Person of the Year category and was nominated for all his hard work in setting up a wheelchair football team for his fellow pupils at Chailey Heritage. The ceremony took place on 26th March 2010 at Effingham Park with live music from Craig David, The Scarletz and Chico. Jadey was supported at the ceremony by his parents and some staff from Chailey; he was also accompanied by his class mate Mary who especially enjoyed meeting June Brown (Dot Cotton from Eastenders). A great evening was had by all! Visit the 16+ News and Gallery page to see more photos from The Local Hero Awards ceremony. ________________________________________________________________  A group of Year 10 Chailey School students have been working with students in the Secondary Department at Chailey Heritage School, helping out in their PE lessons. The Chailey School students have been visiting every 6 weeks since October 2008 and will continue for the rest of this academic year. Both schools are delighted with the very successful two-way partnership and it looks like this will be the beginning of a long-term relationship between the two schools. The Year 10 project will continue next academic year with the new Year 10 students. You can read more about this partnership on the Chailey School website and on the Secondary Department News and Gallery page. ________________________________________________________________
Mark Elliott, Chief Operations Manager, from Help for Heroes visited Chailey Heritage School on 8th July 2010 and was presented with a cheque for £2669. This money was raised when pupils and staff at Chailey Heritage School joined forces with local businesses and Chailey Secondary School to raise funds for Help for Heroes last term.
Following his visit Mark Elliott wrote the following email to thank Verena Hanbury (President) for our support: When Bryn and Emma asked the Nation to “Do their bit for our wounded Heroes”, I can think of no finer example of what can be achieved by a group of passionate, inspirational people such as those at Chailey Heritage School, you must be immensely proud of them all and as I said at the time it was one of the most humbling moments of the past three years....Thank you. It is plain to see that you and all your Governors are continuing with gusto what your Grandmother started, from the building work you have achieved to the plans you have for the future (and yes even that Zebra crossing!) to the smiles on all those children, it’s all such important work and you are all making a massive difference to some very special children every single day. So, thank you for the most wonderful donation, for what you have done for our wounded Heroes and of course what you do every day for the school.
_________________________________________________________________  Our pupils sometimes visit the farm at Oathall School where they are always made to feel very welcome. Staff try to give our students as much of a sensory experience as possible including feeling and listening to the animals, using the milking machine (which sucks fingers) and obviously experiencing the aromas! Some of our students were invited and introduced at their Christmas Carol Concert in the stable. We were recently given free tickets for a Country Show at Brindley Heath as Oathall School had a stand there exhibiting their calves and piglets. _________________________________________________________ Work Experience Students Various local schools and colleges arrange for their students to complete their work placement assignments with us.
Please click here to read about our links with Central Sussex College.
"You have taught me a lot about your students, and I really admire the way you and the other staff at Chailey Heritage work with the children to give them as normal a life as possible, there is a lot of happiness over there, this really struck me when I first visited and I was overcome with emotion." (Community Development Worker July 2010).
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