Cotswold Chine School
Special needs catered for
Cotswold Chine School is an independent day and residential therapeutic special school (DfE Registered). The School offers outstanding education and care for vulnerable students with a range of complex learning needs. These include, but are not limited to, moderate to severe learning disabilities, autistic spectrum including Asperger’s syndrome, ADHD, epilepsy, attachment disorders, communication needs and associated challenging behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. Many of the young people at the school have experienced difficulties in previous educational settings, but once settled they generally find that the School’s holistic approach to education and care provides them with an environment in which they can make progress and achieve both socially and academically. Registration is for co-educational provision for students aged nine to nineteen years. Students board from 39 to 52 weeks a year; a small number of day places are available. The school has eight housegroups, including several semi-independent living units. Cotswold Chine School provides an outstanding quality of Education that fully meets its aims, maintaining its high standards from the previous inspection. Students make outstanding progress because the quality of the curriculum, teaching and assessment is outstanding (Ofsted 2010).
Specialist facilities
The school offers full access to the National Curriculum and students leave with a wide range of externally accredited qualifications including Unit Awards, Entry Level certificates, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, ASDAN, COPE, Work Related Learning and GCSEs, with some students gaining grades A-C. Additionally, students have access to an extensive craft and vocational curriculum, which enables them to develop a wide range of practical and artistic skills.
Support services provided
Our comprehensive facilities also include therapy and psychology support from a range of in-house professionals, speech and language assessment, high staff to student ratio and health promotion/ support via a dedicated school nurse. Cotswold Chine is administered by Novalis Trust, a charitable organisation based on the principles of care and education of Rudolf Steiner.
General environment
Educational accommodation includes eight well resourced classrooms with excellent ICT facilities, a design/technology/art room, food technology room, music room (with recording facilities), library, pottery, art room and school hall. The school is currently developing specialist science facilities. There are extensive grounds, access to the nearby common as well as to an area of woodland, which provides an excellent resource for outdoor education in a range of subject areas. Teaching staff are well-qualified and able to provide additional communication aids/strategies such as visual aids and a structured approach to teaching, where appropriate. The residential accommodation is furnished to a high standard with all young people having single rooms with their own personal study area and lockable storage. Each housegroup has communal areas for group gatherings and activities and is surrounded by a large landscaped garden. The care report highlights that the Children enjoy good relationships with their staff and view key workers as an additional strand of support. Leisure and recreational activities are popular and extensive and children look forward to them. There is a general feeling that children have a positive view of a living environment in which they feel safe and nurtured. (August 2011).
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