Samantha Warwick

Samantha Warwick is Special Educational Needs Coordinator at Formby High School, named TES Inclusive School of the Year 2023. Driven by her passion and commitment to ensuring young people thrive in their mainstream setting, Samantha relentlessly breaks down barriers in pursuit of ensuring vulnerable young people have the truly inclusive high school experience they deserve. Samantha is extremely proud of developing a ground-breaking approach to mainstream education for young people who are working significantly below age related expectations. Formby High School’s ‘Reaching High’ curriculum blends the best features of mainstream and specialist provision. Young people flourish as a result of their personalised approaches and the excellent support they receive from the large, skilled and dedicated team of Personalised Curriculum teachers and Teaching Assistants she leads. Prior to her success in secondary education, Samantha was a well-respected primary school teacher and SENDCO. She feels