Fowler Road School
Fowler Road Special School is located at Merrylands and has 56 students who come from across the Sydney metropolitan area. The school provides programs for students from Kindergarten to Year 12 who experience emotional/behavioural and mental health difficulties. Most students attend Fowler Road on a part-time basis and also attend their home school for some of the time. Fowler Road is intended as a short term intervention that supports students in a regular school close to their homes (home schools). The program focuses on working with home schools to facilitate students' attendance there with minimal difficulties. The length of stay for students at Fowler Road is usually twelve to eighteen months. At Fowler Road, we believe that everyone has the right to learn, in a positive way, about themselves and the world so that they can achieve success. We work towards this by providing an environment where staff, students, and visitors feel safe, secure and accepted, a climate where positive relationships are developed through mutual respect and experiences that are enjoyable leading to positive learning outcomes. We work closely with the students' local Health, Family and Community Services and other support agencies involved, to assist the students achieve the best outcome for their mental health conditions.
We recognise the Ongoing Custodians of the lands and waterways where we work and live. We pay respect to Elders past and present as ongoing teachers of knowledge, songlines and stories. We strive to ensure every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learner in NSW achieves their potential through education.