Welcome to St Giles Special School

St Giles School is the only special primary school for Derby City. Our children's needs include moderate and severe learning difficulties and autism. At St Giles we aim to create an inspiring, creative and caring environment in which the children feel valued and enjoy their learning. Each child's potential can be developed through our personalised individual approach to learning and by participation in a vast and varied range of opportunities, activities and experiences.

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Cycle Derby

On Thursday 28th November children at St.Giles had a brilliant day with Cycle Derby. They learnt to ride various adapted cycles on the playground and on the school field. All the children who took part really enjoyed themselves. We look forward to another successful day of biking with Cycle Derby in the near future. A big thank you to Cycle Derby and their team!
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The Wedding

Wednesday the 27th of November was a very special day in Green Room! In the morning there was marriage proposal followed very swiftly by an engagement party to celebrate. In the afternoon we visited St. Albans Church in Chaddesden where the wedding ceremony took place. Although the bride had some last minute jitters the ceremony went ahead and the whole congregation looked great! Upon
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Harvest Fesival

  It was lovely to see so many parents/careers/family and friends at our Harvest Festival on Friday 11th October. The children were wonderful and we were really proud of the way they all took part and their excellent behaviour. Thank you for your food contributions which we took to the Padley Centre for the homeless. Harvest Festival photo’s coming soon.         
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