Overview
APTCOO Independent Special School offers an inclusive, safe and nurturing environment supporting learners with specialeducational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) who have struggled to make progress in mainstream or special school settings. Our learners range in age from 5 through to 19 years old. Learners attending APTCOO will typically be experiencing significant barriers to learning because of their social and emotional needs. We have created an all-encompassing curriculum placing a high priority on trauma-informed practise and nurture using the Principles of PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy).
Prior to coming to APTCOO it has been identified that learners have not been able to make progress in either mainstream or special schools and need the specialised nurturing environments that APTCOO provide. These are often children and young people at a high level of need, who will have, or be in the process of, an assessment of an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and the involvement of a number of professionals.
Curriculum
APTCOO offers a personalised learning programme, pathways are tailored to a learner’s interests and academic capability from early intervention level through to vocational, functional and GCSE accredited qualifications in all curricular subjects. Qualified tutors teach and work together with partners to support the external assessment and examination process.
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Inclusion
Supporting
- Autism
- Social, emotional and mental health needs
- Learning difficulties
- Communication and interaction needs
- Physical disability