Witherslack Care and Education Initiatives has expanded its range of provision by establishing a specialist Home and Learning Facility in the North East of England. The Grange is located on a tranquil 10 acre semi-rural site on the outskirts of Durham City. This provides numerous opportunities for therapeutic work and access to leisure and social pursuits in addition to having excellent links to community-based facilities in Wear Valley and Durham City.
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The Grange is a specialised fully integrated facility which provides a high quality, well-furnished Home for up to 7 young people with complex learning difficulties and challenging behaviour. There is a modern Learning Centre on site which provides a highly personalised curriculum to facilitate positive learning and social outcomes for young people. Access to a wide range of local educational, social and cultural experiences supports this as does the provision of additional therapies, completing our integrated package of care, education and therapy.
· A suite of fully equipped classrooms, activity and therapy rooms.
· High quality learning technology including interactive whiteboards, PCs and laptops.
· Highly personalised curriculum with learning programmes tailored to the needs of each individual.
· High emphasis on the core skills of literacy, numeracy, ICT, Science and PSHE delivered through a range of interesting and stimulating activities.
· Learning experiences within and beyond the classroom.
· A focus on young people achieving meaningful outcomes which will prepare them for positive life opportunities.
· A dedicated, well-qualified professional team of teachers and support staff led by our Head of Learning.
· Assessment and additional therapies, where appropriate, managed by our Clinical Director, a Chartered Educational Psychologist.
The Grange provides a high quality group living experience for up to seven young people. All young people will have individual bedrooms with the majority having en-suite facilities.
On the ground floor the Home has a lounge, a large conservatory, dining room, kitchen and two en-suite bedrooms.
On the first floor there are five additional bedrooms, three of which are en-suite, and a family bathroom.
On this floor there is also a staff sleeping-in room and staff office.
The Home is set in a large 10 acre semi-rural site which provides numerous opportunities for leisure and social pursuits in addition to having excellent links to community based facilities in Wear Valley and Durham City.
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