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Prior Insight, our bespoke data recording
system, is used to monitor progress with
regular reviews to ensure a young person's
learning targets are appropriate and their
achievements celebrated.
Teaching is conducted through small groups
and individual work, fully structured to
support visual learners, with activities adapted
to meet needs for a multi-sensory approach to
learning. ICT equipment such as interactive
plasma boards, iPads, and Virtual Reality
headsets are used to support learning. Tasks
and activities are broken down into small
steps and include a high frequency of reward
and motivation to encourage learning with
progress celebrated on an individual as well as
whole school basis.
""Pupils here achieve things of which they and their parents and carers could previously only have
dreamed."
Ofsted Education Inspection 2022
The school places an emphasis on creating meaningful and functional learning
opportunities which build on each individual's strengths and interests to provide
a person-centred approach. Skills, once learnt, are generalised and practised in
different settings and throughout the Waking Day.
The focus is on building communication skills, developing as high a level of
independence as possible, learning strategies to self-manage anxiety and
behaviour, managing transitions, developing social skills, making choices,
undertaking a range of leisure activities, and vocational work.
"The children are understood and well cared for by staff, and relationships between staff and the
children are positive.
"Staff enthusiastically celebrate the children's individualities and value their achievements."
Ofsted Care Inspection 2023
Vocational skills development:
Our ambition for young people in post-16 is to give them the skills they need to
enter the world of work. Our ultimate goal is employment within the community
or as part of the Foundation.
We recognise that due to the complexities and challenges that many of our
young people face, this may be an experience or work placement within the
organisation rather than the community, but we still ensure this has purpose and
meaning.
Our Vocational Skills Area of Learning contains key programmes of skill
acquisition, each focused on employment sectors, in which young people
develop skills and experiences based on their pre-existing skillsets and interests.