Description
Wolfdale School is Independent Secondary school in Not applicable for kids aged 7 to 16 (Gender - 7 to 16 )
Wolfdale School is an Independent Specialist School with multiple sites in Leicestershire. The provision is for young people with an Education Care and Health Plan and those with a diagnosis including Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety, and Social Emotional Mental Health.At Wolfdale we recognise a pattern where Young People have been isolated, and they aim to move their experience of being a ‘lone wolf’ to that of being part of the ‘pack’.At the school they feel regardless of diagnosis each Young Person has the right to have the opportunity to recognise their dreams and aspirations. All our Young People learn differently and at different rates, and so the curriculum is bespoke and personalised with the aim to develop the young person to be the best they can be.
Facilities
Curriculum
The ‘intent’ of the curriculum design is positivity, opportunity, and trust to support the learners to be confident, developing, and self-motivated members of society. They want to ‘impact’ the students to develop attitudes to learning and fulfil aspirational academic, vocational, personal development, well-being, and independence outcomes. At Wolfdale School they ‘implement’ a broad and balanced curriculum that is rich, varied, relevant and personalised for each learner and considers: their starting points, those who are most disadvantaged, those with Special Education Needs (SEN) and Disabilities (SEND), those with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH), the development of the cultural capital they need to succeed in life, the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) needs, the National Curriclum based on need not age. The intention is to enable young people with autism and other difficulties to reach their full potential by building resilience and removing social and emotional barriers to educational achievement. They aim to do this by: Creating a safe and nurturing environment, Building rapport and trusting relationships with individuals and families, Having high expectation of everyone in the Wolfdale Community
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Therapeutic Support
Led by a qualified therapist, Creative Psychotherapy uses indirect intervention from the creative arts including story work, puppets, art, play and talk to support social, emotional and mental health difficulties.Referrals can be taken for therapy from Parents, staff and the young people themselves.
Here are some of the reasons someone may be referred:
Emotional Issues: Trauma, Abuse, Loss/Grief, Attachment difficulties, illness
Behavioural Difficulties: Dramatic changes in behaviour, Oppositional behaviour, harm to others, environment and self
Social Issues: Bullying, Peer interactions/relationships, Expression of feelings, awareness of others
Mental Health: Depression, Anxiety, Psychosis, Eating disorders
Factors associated with learning disability: Expression of self, Communication difficulties, self awareness
Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator
Led by the school’s SENCO, providing support for individuals to remove barriers & increase access to learning academically and socially. By removing these barriers, the aim is to enhance self-esteem and self-worth.Working alongside the school staff team to ensure appropriate strategies are in place to support individual needs and sourcing appropriate external services including Speech and Language.
Extra Curricular
Please check the school website link for details.
4.40 miles
