Welcome from Tony Best, Chief Executive
Disabled people and their families can receive specialist services from the Percy Hedley Foundation. Those people and their families are at the heart of everything we do.
On this website, you will find details of our unique range of services, as well as information, written by our specialist staff, on disability and on our teaching and therapeutic approaches. You will also find ideas on how you can support the work of the charity.
A charity providing specialist services for disabled people in the North East of England, The Percy Hedley Foundation promotes the rights, needs and aspirations of disabled children and adults through specialist, high quality services.
Please contact us if you are interested in using any of our services, or if there is any further information you need.
Latest News
The Foundation is delighted to announce that Jim Ferris, who retired recently as
Chief Executive of The Percy Hedley Foundation, has been awarded an OBE for services
to local and national Special Needs Education.
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The Tim Carter Appeal, in association with Sunderland Football Club, aims to
raise funds to enable Percy Hedley Foundation to build a hydrotherapy pool on a site at
Percy Hedley Senior School and Sports Academy in memory of Tim Carter.
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It has been announced today that the Percy Hedley School in Newcastle has been
awarded Specialist Schools Status by the Department of Children, Schools and Families
in recognition of its staff expertise and outstanding practice.
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Other Recent News
Volunteers braved a zip-slide across the Stadium of Light,
home of Sunderland football club, and the from the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle, raising £7,000
in aid of the Tim Carter Hydrotherapy Pool appeal.
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Students, staff and parents from Percy Hedley School completed the ambitious 150
mile 'Coast to Coast' cycle challenge. The money raised will help to support the
Tim Carter Hydrotherapy Pool Appeal.
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Members of the Percy Hedley Foundation acknowledged their volunteers in their own
special way during National Volunteer Week.
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The Fourth North East Lobster Fest was held at Hardwick Hall Hotel, County Durham on
Friday 8th May 2009 with Percy Hedley Foundation this year's benefiting charity.
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Medical Director receives lifetime achievement award for outstanding and sustained
contribution to the field of childhood disability.
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Students from Percy Hedley Secondary School had an amazing opportunity to meet Jonathon Edwards and visit the site of the 2012 Olympic Games.
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On Thursday 12th March 2009, crew members and the new Commanding Officer of HMS Dauntless,
Captain Richard Powell, visited Percy Hedley School to meet the children and tell them the
latest about the Royal Navy's newest ship.
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David Barker, Director of Adult Services at the Foundation recently chaired a high level policy
meeting attended by HRH, The Princess Royal, which aims to promote social and economic inclusion through
learning and skills provision for people who experience mental health difficulties and disability.
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Since being elected by their peers, the 'Better Lives' steering group have given
Percy Hedley Foundation service users a voice within the organisation.
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A new partnership has been formed between Percy Hedley Foundation and the MS Research and
Relief Fund who provided a grant of £10,000 to establish a rehabilitation programme for
people affected by Multiple Sclerosis.
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During David Cameron's recent visit to the North-East, Percy Hedley Foundation CEO Tony Best asked David Cameron about his views on special education. The answers were encouraging and many of his beliefs fit in with what Percy Hedley Foundation has as its principles.
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Edward Common attended the prestigious Womans Own Children of Courage awards ceremony
in Westminster Abbey where he received a Child of Courage Outstanding Achievement award,
presented to him by HRH Prince Harry.
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Coronation Street star, Vicky Binns, officially opened the new
café development, "Café @ the College", at Northern Counties College in Jesmond.
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The Percy Hedley School is the first special school in North
Tyneside to gain the Inclusion Quality Mark.
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Hosted by Wendy Gibson, the
Percy Hedley Mistletoe Ball at the Hilton Hotel was a glamorous
occasion attended by more than 400 guests.
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Norman Stromsoy left the Percy Hedley Foundation at the end of October
to take up a post with Westminster City Council as an Executive Headteacher with responsibility
for two schools and an inclusion, outreach initiative.
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Northern Counties School was delighted to receive a new bus from the
Variety Club at an official handover at St James' Park on 24th October.
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Able2 Horticulture department have once again been successful in the
North Tyneside in Bloom awards for their floral displays at Able2 and
Chipchase House grounds and gardens.
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Work to bring new life to an old building has begun on The Percy Hedley Foundation's
Northern Counties site in Jesmond.
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Staff and parents of children at Percy Hedley and Northern Counties
Schools all took part in the 2008 BUPA Great North Run to raise funds for the Percy Hedley Foundation.
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The Percy Hedley Foundation has appointed new Chief Executive, Dr. Tony Best,
to drive forward the organisation's tradition of innovation and develop its unique range of
pioneering services to support disabled people and their families.
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Director of Adult Services at The Percy Hedley Foundation, David Barker,
has been appointed to serve as a member of the North East Learning and Skills Council.
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Jim Ferris has retired after 23 years at Percy Hedley Foundation, initially as Headteacher of Percy Hedley
School and later as the Foundation's first Chief Executive.
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The Percy Hedley Summer Fair on 5th July 2008, opened by
BBC Weatherman, Paul Mooney, was a great success regardless, raising
More than £6,000.
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"Even alongside other outstanding schools it stands out as a beacon of excellence".
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A new service innovation in the North East of England
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Education inspectors have praised Northern Counties College for their good quality of their provision.
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Percy Hedley Foundation has been chosen as one of the HMS Dauntless' affiliated charities
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Percy Hedley School to offer Conductive Education sessions on Saturday mornings
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