Creating working relationships to support pupils’ needs
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Information about the school
Teresa House is an independent special school situated in a rural setting on the north Wales coast. The school provides education, care and therapy for pupils aged 11 to 18 years. It is owned by Care4Children, a specialist children’s services agency that has ten independent special schools across England and Wales.
Pupils who attend Teresa House are all residents in the linked children’s home that shares the site.
Highly effective joint working between the school’s multi-disciplinary team and teaching staff
At Teresa House, the multi-disciplinary team works together closely with teaching staff to implement the school’s ‘wellbeing for life’ programme. This programme provides useful assessments on pupils’ cognitive, social, and emotional development. Staff use this information to support pupils’ learning across all areas of the curriculum. As pupils progress through the three phases of the programme, multi-disciplinary meetings ensure that pupils are engaging and achieving. This creates an effective working relationship across education, therapy, and care staff and supports each pupil’s specific needs.
The ‘wellbeing for life’ programme underpins the school’s personal and social education (PSE) curriculum and informs the topics covered in one-to-one sessions with pupils. Courses and awards are in place to ensure that all pupils gain accreditation in the various key areas of wellbeing. As a result, all pupils make significant progress in their learning and in their personal and social development during their time at the school.