Of course, creating a warm and welcoming place to live is paramount, but our residential houses are so much more than that. Each day also provides endless opportunities to learn and develop their life and independence skills.

Our students’ speech, language and communication needs often mean that they aren’t always able to take skills they’ve learnt in the classroom into other environments. Our skilled residential team helps students to embed the skills they have learnt during the school day; in other words, transferring their EHCP outcomes into a real-life setting. 

The team also helps students develop independent life skills; things like budgeting, shopping, travel and managing medical conditions. 

Importantly, just as parents and carers would do at home, the team also helps students to develop their interests and hobbies by accessing a range of leisure activities.

Throughout, alongside their key worker, each young person works on their Individual Care Action Plan, at a pace that’s right for them.

“Parents have absolute trust in staff. One parent said: ‘The staff have supported [child] to call home, enabling them to do this safely with close supervision. They have learned how to cross the road safely and they are now aware of risks thanks to the great supportive work of the staff team.’”

^{Ofsted 2024}