The pilot of research in our school won the Poster Award at the recent National British Psychological Annual Conference for our unique methodology and outcomes.

As well as achieving academic success, therapy is embedded within the curriculum with qualified therapists working in dual roles roles as teachers/therapists within the ‘schematic model’ of the person, which focuses on cognitive behavioural therapy and attachment theory with emotional regulation so our young people can be helped to success post school and perhaps prevent a cycle of care or offending. 

Staff training and regular input is overseen by Chartered Psychologist Jo Dunnett.

We also have a full-time speech and language therapist, Johanna Butler, who is able to both help tailor a bespoke curriculum for our students and is also qualified for diagnostic purposes.

Our success rate with these students is over 90% attendance and some return to full-time education. We provide full family support overseen by social worker Jenny Finlayson.

Pupils studying at our schools benefit from fully modernised learning and recreation facilities. The classroom is a multifunctional teaching and learning base, specially designed to facilitate a relaxed, but structured, environment. Young people are encouraged to rewrite their story through specialised behaviour and motivation management, enabling them to face challenges in their lives, and to raise their academic expectations.