Therapy underpins everything that we do to support and progress our students. We are able to offer a range of therapeutic support options for students including counselling, play therapy, Occupational Therapy (OT) and Speech and Language Therapy (SALT). We also have a sports coach who runs both 1:1 and group sessions.

All students receive weekly 1:1 therapeutic interventions, the outcomes of which are fed back into the learning environment to ensure best engagement. Our OT and SALT work closely with the Link classes to observe the students and offer specific advice and tailored support. Where necessary they will work directly with parents to build on the strategies out of school. Individual support can be requested by the class teachers.

Therapy staff are trained on Nurture, Choice Theory, Lego therapy, Lego ABC, Theraplay approaches, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy approaches. The therapies team work closely with the class staff to ensure personalised support programmes are in place for all students, as well as conducting specialised training for staff.

We have specialist teacher who holds a Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) Assessment Practising Certificate who is able to carry out a range of detailed assessments with our students to identify learning needs. This helps us to tailor our teaching and implement required interventions.

We have also have two trained school dogs who support our students!

“You have a feeling when you come here – this is the place you can feel safe.”