{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Oversands School | image = | image_size = 220px | coordinates = {{coord|54.26814|-2.86667|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dec|display=inline,title}} | motto = | established = 1973 | type = Private special school | religious_affiliation = | president = | head_label = | head = | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = | address = Witherslack | city = Grange-over-Sands | county = Cumbria | country = England | postal_code = LA11 6SD | ofsted = yes | specialist = SEN | urn = 112452 | staff = | enrolment = 67 | gender = Coeducational | lower_age = 8 | upper_age = 19 | houses = | colours = | publication = | website = https://witherslackgroup.co.uk/oversands-school/ }}
'''Oversands School''' (formerly Witherslack Hall School) is a private special school with specialist SEN status situated in the village of Witherslack near Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Group|first=Witherslack|title=Specialist SEN Schools UK {{!}} Day and Residential {{!}} Witherslack Group|url=https://www.witherslackgroup.co.uk/our-locations/our-schools/|access-date=2021-12-27|website=Witherslack Group}}</ref>
It was opened in 1973<ref name="get-information-schools">{{Cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/112452|title=Oversands School|website=Gov.uk|access-date=22 April 2020|mode=cs2}}</ref> as a residential and day school for boys aged 11–19 with special educational needs, including complex learning, communication, behavioural, emotional and social difficulties.<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.witherslackgroup.co.uk/witherslack-hall-school | title = Witherslack Hall School | access-date = April 18, 2011}}</ref>
The school has now been renamed to Oversands School and is a coeducational school for pupils aged 8 to 19.
The School is now run by Witherslack Group Ltd, a group which provides care and education for children with SEN needs, alongside children's homes.<ref name="get-information-schools" />
==Witherslack Hall== The school's central building, Witherslack Hall, was built in 1874 by Lancaster architects Paley and Austin and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1087135|desc= Witherslack Hall and attached outbuilding|access-date= 15 November 2012|mode=cs2}}</ref> It gave its name to a steam locomotive in the GWR Modified Hall Class, 6990 Witherslack Hall.
==See also== {{portal|Cumbria}} *Listed buildings in Witherslack *List of non-ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin
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==External links== *[https://witherslackgroup.co.uk/oversands-school/ Oversands School website]
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Category:Private schools in Westmorland and Furness Category:Paley and Austin buildings Category:Grade II listed houses in Cumbria Category:Country houses in Cumbria Category:Special schools in England Category:Educational institutions established in 1973 Category:Specialist SEN colleges in England
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