Talocher School – Priory Education Services
Special needs catered for
Talocher School is a specialist residential school for young people with behavioural, emotional and social (BESD) difficulties and complex needs. Many pupils will have experienced significant disruption in their schooling, including exclusion from mainstream education and may have been out of school for long periods of time. Typically pupils will have a Statement of Special Educational Need and may be looked after children by the local authority. Many have experienced multiple placement breakdowns.
Specialist facilities
The school meets the needs of pupils at Key Stages 3 and 4 and operates on a 38-week basis. Day pupils from the local area are accepted at the school for normal school terms and residential placements in the Children's Homes are flexible for up to 52 weeks of the year depending on need. The curriculum is broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated to meet individual pupil needs. Fostering services are also provided within the Priory Group for young people aged 0-17.
Support services provided
Each pupil has an individual integrated education and care plan to meet their specific needs. Behavioural assessments and individual development plans are delivered by an assistant psychologist, chartered educational psychologist and child & adolescent psychotherapist as external consultants, and there is also access to music therapy, community psychiatric nurse, psychiatrist and psychiatric assessments. On admission, assessment is in accordance with the young person’s care, education and pathway plans, governed by the Every Child Matters framework. Assessment is ongoing and regularly reviewed with all parties concerned.
Residential care
Residential care is in one of six Children’s Homes within the surrounding area and the homes are for up to six people. Each young person has individually tailored care and behaviour management programmes that address their self-care, health, emotional and behavioural needs, and ensure that they are given the best possible chance of success.
Education
With encouragement and support we reintroduce young people to education offering a broad, relevant and differentiated curriculum based on the National Curriculum, and adapted where required to meet individual needs. Learning is in small age appropriate groups of three or four pupils and one-to-one tuition is available to provide focus for those that require additional support.
Aims and philosophy
To enable young people to acknowledge and cope with their specific learning and behavioural difficulties and, through the provision of appropriate and high quality education, assist them in fulfilling their potential.
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