School

St Christopher’s is the main residential house for our school-age students. It’s located within our main lower school and is in a separate building from our main school site. It has 14 single study bedrooms, a kitchen, a TV lounge, recreational rooms and quiet areas.

College

St Anne’s and St Margaret’s are residential houses for our college-age students, each of which have single student bedrooms, a kitchen and communal areas.

Support for students

Each house has its own staff team led by a Residential Manager (or Head of House) and Team Leaders. Each young person also benefits from having a ‘key worker’ in the house who they know they can always turn to. 

Together the team offers a multi-layered support system, which collectively provides a warm, supportive family environment for young people, including:

• Well planned and balanced social programmes
• Help to manage everyday routines
• Support to keep in touch with home
• Support for students towards independent travel
• Homework support
• Help with budgeting, pocket money and finances
• Support in developing life and social skills/experiences

One member of the residential team sleeps in each residence overnight, which means that students will be greeted in the morning by people they saw before going to bed; the same familiar faces are also on hand, should they be needed overnight.

As well as being inspected by Ofsted on a yearly basis, our residential provision is monitored by National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) every half-term.

“Parents value and praise the quality of care and attention that staff give to residential students. One parent said: ‘They are amazing, always so receptive. I am really impressed with the amount of communication. Everyone knows the children really well. They are doing everything right.’”

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