Type of service: Assessment, Day schools, Residential schools, Schools

Nugent House School is a 52 week, 38 week and day provision for boys witgh a statement of educational needs including Emotional, Social and Behavioural Difficulties (ESBD). All boys follow an adapted National Curriculum which is differentiated and modified according to needs and abilities. There are two parts of the school. On being for boys placed within a secondary provision here boys have a class teacher but more to subject specialists and a teaching assistant as a minimum for all subjects and groups of no more than six. The other provision follows a primary model of a class teacher who teaches all core subjects, a high level of support and individualised teaching happens in this provision. Pupils with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) will be mixed into groups with pupils not on the spectrum. Volunteers may be accepted to work with the pupils only to assist the staff employed to care and educate the young people here. Holiday, planned and residential short breaks are for their own pupils. A wide range of approaches are used on an individual basis.

Aimed at: Adolescent , Child

Specialisms: Generic

Other specialisms: Challenging behaviour, Learning disability