Stockport Independent Issue 186

15 FEBRUARY 2025 Visit our website: www.independentnewspapers.co.uk T: 0161 480 8171 | E: info@damartraining.com or visit our website: www.damartraining.com A specialist provider of apprentice recruitment and training A NEW flagship £15.5mil- lion specialist school in Stockport has officially opened its doors. Lisburne School addresses the pressing need for addi- tional specialist school places in the borough. It has replaced Lisburne’s previous facilities, which were spread across three separate sites, including temporary and off-site buildings. The purpose-built facility at the former Offerton School site provides 208 places - an increase of 64 - and is designed to support children aged four to 11 with com- plex needs, such as autism, severe and profound learn- ing difficulties, and physi- cal disabilities. School head Samantha Benson said: “I am so proud ALDERLEY Edge School for Girls (AESG) has receivedwidespreadpraise from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). The school has reported “outstanding success” after the November inspection team delivered its report on all areas of the school, includ- ing early years, prep school, senior school and sixth form. In a statement posted online the school said: “The Independ- ent Schools Inspectorate has recognised the school’s high standards across all areas of the school including leadership and management, education, wellbeing, and safeguarding. “Under the new nongraded framework, AESG is thrilled to have ‘met’ all of the statu- tory requirements.” AESG also highlighted some of the report’s findings on social media, including: “The school’s aim of producing confident, independent learn- ers with enquiring minds per- meates school life.” Headmistress Caroline Wood, said: “We are abso- lutely thrilled with the results of the ISI inspection, which reflects the continued dedication and hard work of our entire school community. “Our recent inspection suc- cess offers reassurance to par- ents that by choosing Alderley Edge School for Girls to edu- cate their daughters, they are making an outstanding choice for their child’s future.” The school has also pro- duced a new film highlighting life at AESG. MACCLESFIELD King’s School’s Year 4 thespians staged a fabulous retelling of the Charles Dickens’ classic story ‘A Christmas Carol’. ‘Bah Humbug’ was a colourful, comic and better late than never coming of age tale for the miserable, miserly Eben- ezer Scrooge. Humbug is a sweet success AESG celebrates inspection success Ceremony: The o!cial opening of Lisburne School (Photo credit: Stockport Council) £15.5m school officially opens ACROSS 7 Provided with protective covering (8) 8 Speck (4) 9 Gather (5) 10 Boat race (7) 12 Type of variable electrical control (6) 13 Embarrass (5) 15 Stimulus (3) 16 Expiry (5) 18 Yield post (6) 20 Wool fat (7) 23 Crowbar (5) 25 Hardens (4) 26 Pertaining to a school (8) DOWN 1 Quivered (8) 2 Israeli intelligence agency (6) 3 Illustrative craft (3) 4 Verge (4) 5 Largest desert (6) 6 Wood (4) 11 Mischievous (4) 13 Relating to aircraft (4) 14 Sanitary (8) 17 Excite (6) 19 Scandinavian kingdom (6) 21 Second son of Adam and Eve (4) 22 Formerly Mesopotamia (4) 24 Grass (3) QUICK CROSSWORD Answers on page 19. that our vision for an excep- tional SEND school has finally been realised. The new site offers a fully inclu- sive environment for our children to thrive in and will offer opportunities to raise the profile of SEND and sup- port children across the wider Stockport community.” To advertise in the Independent, contact Robin Atkins on 07767 840274