During the summer of 2021 work began on transforming our existing pond area into a memorial garden with a water feature for one of our former pupils that sadly passed away during the summer of 2019. The garden would also be home to a bench in memory of one of our mini bus drivers who also recently sadly passed. 

We are please to announce that over the February 2022 half term the memorial garden was completed and is now ready for our pupils to use as a quiet area to sit and relax in at break times. 

Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) provides schools with a nationally recognised framework to guide their inclusion journey. The IQM team help schools evaluate and measure how they are performing; empowering them to improve and grow.

Over 200 UK schools have been awarded IQM Centre of Excellence status. This award recognises those IQM Inclusive Schools which continue to demonstrate a commitment to outstanding levels of inclusive best practice. Centre of Excellence status provides an opportunity to build on current capacity with ongoing support from the IQM team.

On 8th November 2021 The Brier School were assessed by IQM and retained its Centre of Excellence status.

"Brier is a truly inclusive school. It has a remarkable blend of skilled staff, strong and effective processes and exceptional leadership that together have created an extremely strong and positive culture."

Click here to view/download the assessor’s evaluation report in full.