Facilities
We encourage all students to try new activities and meet new people, as well as supporting them to maintain existing friendships. We have good links in the community and plan a range of activities both at school and in the community for day and residential students.
We provide all the young people on residential placements the opportunity to go on a holiday. These are planned around individual needs. Some young people refer short breaks whilst other are able to have full week away.
As well as spacious open areas we have specially adapted play areas and equipment within the grounds. We have ample space for children to ride their bikes safely, run around and bounce on various trampolines.
Residential students enjoy a range of evening activities are planned and include bouncy castle sessions, use of sensory rooms or water room, bike or scooter rides, swimming, cinema, bowling and eating out. There are lots of activities to join in with on campus; all young people have access to a leisure barn where they can play ball games or use soft equipment to help them explore and develop body strength, and a large playground with climbing frames, trampolines and swings.
Our Leisure Barn has a ‘Stargaze Room’; a dark room equipped with sensory lighting, furnishings and ceiling light projection system and our ‘Waterworks’ suite is an indoor wet room with water sensors and jets, coloured lighting and music, providing the ideal setting for indoor water play.
The school and homes are surrounded by large woodland areas where they can explore and learn about nature, as well as follow the Gruffalo trail, which makes the walk through the woods more enjoyable. There is also an allotment on site, which allows students to grow healthy foods and encourages them to participate in extra physical activity.
We have numerous vehicles to allow trips far and wide, and we also make use of public transport to ensure students have all the learning possibilities open to them.
