Headteacher's Welcome
It is a pleasure to welcome you to Forest Park School, a Hampshire local authority maintained special school. We provide education for children and young people aged 2-19 years with severe, profound and complex learning difficulties. In addition, the majority of our pupils have co-occurring needs including Autism, Down Syndrome and physical disabilities.
Forest Park is split across two sites, one mile apart. We have a Primary School in Ringwood Road, Totton catering for around 100 children and a Secondary School in Commercial Road Totton, catering for around 40 young people with the most profound and complex learning difficulties.
At Forest Park we are committed to providing a highly personalised curriculum and stimulating learning environment, which starts with the individual needs of each child and young person. We seek to prepare every member of our school community for the next significant phase in their lives, whatever that might be. In addition, we are dedicated to ensuring that our pupils enjoy school, are happy, confident and proud of themselves and their achievements.
In school we are supported by and work in collaboration with, a range of professionals including School Nurses, Speech and Language therapists, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.
I hope you enjoy your journey around our website and look forward to welcoming you to our wonderful school at some point in the future.
Ashley Oliver-Catt
Headteacher
School Lunches
We love our school lunches
Hampshire County Council Catering Services (HC3S) provide our school meals which are cooked fresh on each site.
The food is of exceptional quality and is additive free. All special dietary requirements are catered for. The school operates a healthy eating policy and offers good value for money. Dinner money is payable on Mondays or may be paid half-termly or termly in advance. When a child has paid dinner money and is unexpectedly absent, money is held in credit.
All payments for school dinners should be made via Arbor. The cost for a school dinner is £3.20 per day (£16.00 per week). Please note, the school no longer accepts payments via cash or cheque.
Universal Free School Meals are available for pupils in Year R, 1, and 2.
Free School Meals are available to families on Income Support. You may apply through the school for your child to receive free meals, which are also cooked on-site.
School Menu April 22nd to October 24th 2025
