St Piers School and College
St Piers School and St Piers College provide outstanding, highly specialised education for children and young people with neurological conditions and learning disabilities.
Set in stunning grounds, St Piers School and College offer the all latest facilities to help students grow in confidence and learn independence.
Highly skilled and dedicated staff excel at teaching students with a range of conditions including:
- Autism
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
- Acquired brain injury
- Behaviour difficulties
- Epilepsy
- Moderate learning difficulties
- Non weight bearing needs
- Profound multiple learning difficulties
Who is the service for?
Our service is for all young people with a statement or EHC Plan.
Criteria for access to service
Initial contact should be made to the Education Liaison Service team, who will manage the referral process for anyone wishing to use our education, health and care services. The team gather information so we can understand your young person’s needs. Our multidisciplinary
team assess the documentation following which an informal meeting will be arranged.
When a residential placement is sought, we invite the young person for a two day assessment which involves attending the school or college and spending an overnight stay on one of our residential houses. They would join in the evening activities with other students.
When a day place is sought, the young person is invited to attend a two day assessment. This involves attending lessons and undertaking activities with students of a similar ability. The young person is also assessed by our therapy and medical teams. This allows us to fully understand all their needs and how we could support and develop the young person. Following the assessment, the family will be advised of the decision. If appropriate, a funding request would then be made to the local authority.
Accessibility of this service
St Piers offers day and residential care to individuals with a variety of complex needs and disabilities. Areas used by students of St Piers School and St Piers College have full disabled access with wheelchair ramps, electric doors, hoists and any other equipment they may require. We are continually upgrading our facilities to ensure we offer full disabled access.
Students also have access to a wide range of specialist equipment including Speak and Spell, touch screen technology, ipads, iPods, tablet computers and fully equipped sensory rooms to meet all access needs and staff are trained in their use.
We have a gym, a low ropes course and a vast array of specialist sports and fitness equipment plus a hydrotherapy suite and boating lake. Disabled lavatories and changing facilities are available across our site.
Both St Piers School and St Piers College have specialist provision for students that are on the autistic spectrum. This includes lecturers who are specially trained to understand and teach students with the condition.
We have procedures in place for communicating with parents and carers whose first language is not English. If a member of staff fluent in the required language is not available we can access a translator service.
How can I access this service?
Initial contact should be made to the Education Liaison Service team, who will manage the referral process for anyone wishing to use our education, health and care services. The team gather information so we can understand your young person’s needs. Our multidisciplinary
team assess the documentation following which an informal meeting will be arranged.
When a residential placement is sought, we invite the young person for a two day assessment which involves attending the school or college and spending an overnight stay on one of our residential houses. They would join in the evening activities with other students.
When a day place is sought, the young person is invited to attend a two day assessment. This involves attending lessons and undertaking activities with students of a similar ability. The young person is also assessed by our therapy and medical teams. This allows us to fully understand all their needs and how we could support and develop the young person. Following the assessment, the family will be advised of the decision. If appropriate, a funding request would then be made to the local authority.
How is this service funded?/Do I need to pay for this service?
The service can be privately funded but in most cases it is funded by the Local Authority