The charity operates a school, a college and an adult residential home.
Our school, a day and residential, co-educational, non-maintained special school, offers specialist provision for pupils and students from 2-19 years who have severe and complex learning disabilities combined with significant communication difficulties which include little or no oral language. The complex needs of our students may arise from a combination of sensory and multi-sensory impairment with severe and/or profound and multiple learning difficulties, autistic spectrum disorders and physical and medical conditions.
Our college (previously an extended provision within the school) is an independent specialist college which caters for learners who are post 19 years on the same campus. Learners may have been students in The Royal School, but the college also admits learners, with a similar spectrum of need, who have completed their statutory schooling in other establishments. Placements to the college are in agreement with The Learning and Skills Council and the home Local Authority. The college offers a wide range of courses with an emphasis on a transition curriculum to support personal and social development and learning for life.
Both the school and college take learners from all over the country and we offer a range of day and residential provision, including an extended curriculum, to suit individual learners and their families up to and including 52 week care.
Griffin Lodge is a residential care home in the community, for twelve young adults with complex learning and social communication needs, most of whom are also deaf.
The charity is developing a range of inclusive sports and community facilities in partnership with a number of national sponsors.
Our Values:
- To provide a happy and secure environment for pupils and students in school, college and residence and for the service users at Griffin Lodge.
- To assess each individual’s needs and make appropriate provision for them.
- To provide alternative and augmentative communication systems to ensure learners and service users are able to access a communication system appropriate to their needs.
- To provide an extended curriculum and activities which meet the functional and developmental needs of individuals and promotes their independence.
- To encourage their participation in the local and wider community.
- To realise individual potential by providing challenges and experiences to develop self-esteem and confidence.
- To work in partnership with the service users/learners and their families.
- To work in partnership with Local Authorities, health professionals and others from relevant partner agencies to meet service user/learner needs.
- Where appropriate, in partnership with other agencies, develop or modify services to meet the changing needs of the service user/learner group.
- To develop additional services which augment and enhance the services provided by the core business.