APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own Independent Special School

APTCOO Independent Special School offers an inclusive, safe and nurturing environment supporting learners with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) who have struggled to make progress in mainstream or special school settings. Our learner's 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.​
The curriculum is broad, balanced and engaging and has a heavy focus on nurture and developing learners' confidence and communication skills and improving dysregulated behaviour. This will be carefully adapted with special consideration to cognitive ability, dignity and personal development.
Our Independent Special School sites are located at:
North Farm House, Worksop Road, Budby, Nottinghamshire NG22 9EX
Cameleon Lodge, Netherfield Lane, Thorwesby, Nottinghamshire. NG22 9EW
Tall Trees, Rectory Road, Retford, Nottinghamshire. DN22 7AY
More details are available on our website