Ofsted Comments
''Staff enable children to make excellent progress in their communication, behaviours, social skills and independence. Children receive very good care from a dedicated staff team. Staff understand children’s individual communication needs and spend time getting to know children to understand their views. Staff are creative and use a range of resources to find out children’s wishes and feelings. They have translated these resources into British Sign Language to help children access them, to encourage communication. For example, children are helped to use colours to express how they are feeling.''
''Children move between residence and school seamlessly. Staff work well with education staff to ensure that children have good transitions. Staff from both sides of the school communicate well with each other and handovers are clear and detailed.''
''Staff work hard to support children to develop their individual independence skills.
They use a life-skills programme to set individual targets to help children develop
their independence skills. Some children who are due to leave the school have
developed excellent skills and can manage their own day-to-day activities, which will
enable them to live independently. There is a clear reward system that motivates
children to engage positively and achieve their individual targets. Staff have high
aspirations for children and want to help them to achieve.''
