AGY-3702 | Forest Road School for Specific Purposes (1969-1997) Forest House School for Specific Purposes (1997- )

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Forest Road School for Specific Purposes in the county of Cumberland, was established in January 1969. Specific Purposes schools are designed for children with specialised needs including the hospitalised, the physically and intellectually disabled and the emotionally disturbed. Some of these schools have no regular enrolment, the children being regarded as temporarily absent from their ordinary school. There have been many variations in the naming and classification of these schools. In November 1985 the Department of Education adopted a policy of integration, where possible, of these children into regular schools. In July 1997, the Forest Road school changed its name to Forest House School for Specific Purposes. Forest House was a specialised school for children with behaviour difficulties. It is designed to cater for primary children with high support needs (behaviour) with the ultimate goal of reintegration into mainstream schooling. (1) In 2003 Forest House School was currently located at Riley and Collins Streets, Surry Hills, in the District of Bondi (2). Reference:
Government Schools of New South Wales 1848-2003. Sydney, Department of Education and Training, 2003 Endnotes:
(1) Department of Education and Training Website http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/summaryschool.php?selectOption=2341&district=Sutherland accessed 23.9.2003 (2) Ibid