Welcome to Student Support, our department offers an array of support strategies and interventions to allow learners to become independent including,

• Read Write Inc-literacy support

• Numeracy workout

• Specific Learning Difficulty support

• TALKABOUT – Social skills programme

• Homework help

• Access arrangement and assessments

• ELSA – Emotional Literacy support

• Counselling- provided by our school based counsellor and also an independent Counsellor

• In class support

• Nurture- structured support at lunch and break times

• Daily check in

• FRIENDS – a Transition support programme

• Visual timetables

• Handwriting and presentation advice

• The above list is not exhaustive and we often have to find new interventions and support to meet the needs of individuals.

Successes: 

The Student Support Centre is now able to provide in class shared support that benefits large numbers of learners, the vast array of interventions have also enable huge numbers of learners to become more confident and able to access their lessons and become more independent.

Last year we supported learners in finding and pursuing appropriate learning pathways and all of the learners were able to go onto an appropriate college or training course to further their education.  This includes those learners who accessed the MLD provision, all of which left with a meaningful qualification and suitable learning pathway.

The department also liaises and works with a variety of external support agencies including;

• Integrated Working Team

• Social Services

• Inclusion Service

• External Counselling services

• WKADA

• Primary Mental HealthCAMHS

• Educational Psychology Service

• Education Welfare service

• Youth Offending Services

• EOTAS provision

• Changing Tracks

• Bridge Mentoring

Please find below the Support Staff team:-