Description
APTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own is Independent Secondary school in Not applicable for kids aged 5 to 19 (Gender - 5 to 19 )
APTCOO’s vision is to support young people from early years through to adulthood to enable them to achieve their full potential in life. they have created unique spaces in the local community for almost 30 years, based in Mansfield and more recently branching out with properties in Budby and Thoresby set within the beautiful Sherwood Forest. They are motivated by the social, economic, health, environmental and community benefits, they are committed to bringing those benefits to as many people as possible, including marginalised and vulnerable groups.Activities are designed to encourage engagement and participation, bringing people together to support each other, making friends, socialising, reducing isolation and loneliness. They are a positive learning centre where families and professionals come together in order to improve the health, education and wellbeing of service users within the local community. They encourage and value partnership working enabling families to benefit from joined up services and coordinated care. APTCOO services are delivered across three sites, each having its own unique specialism.
Facilities
Education
APTCOO 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 learners range in age from early years through to 19 years old. Learners attending APTCOO will typically be experiencing significant barriers to learning because of their social and emotional needs. They have created an all-encompassing curriculum that reflects the SEND Code of Practice 2015 placing a high priority in building social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL)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 environment that APTCOO provides. These are often children and young people at the highest level of need, who will have, or be in the process of an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP), statement of education need (or equivalent) and the involvement of a number of professions. We offer a flexible and innovative curriculum into which all functional skills and essential elements of the National Curriculum are embedded. This will be carefully differentiated with special consideration to age appropriateness, personal dignity and development level. Character education is at the heart of our education programme, they feel that acquiring positive character traits is associated with a range of positive life outcomes. The curriculum has a heavy focus on nurture and developing social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL), developing learners’ confidence and communication skills and improving challenging behaviour.
Forest School
Forest School at APTCOO is designed to be a learner-centred inspirational learning process, that offers learners regular opportunities to achieve and develop their confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in our Woodland areas. The Forest School programme offers opportunities for holistic growth through regular sessions, it is a long-term programme that supports play, exploration and supported risk taking. It also develops confidence and self-esteem through learner inspired developmental experiences in a natural outdoor setting.
Features
Things to note
SEND Social Prescribing Pathway
The Social Prescribing service will be provided to families in Bassetlaw. Individuals will either be seen face to face in an appropriate setting or virtually via Teams or telephone. The Social Prescriber will triage and signpost parents and carersto access non-clinical support services from Bassetlaw CCG, the Local Authority, voluntary organisations and community groups in the local area. The full range of Voluntary and Community Services available will be explored and matched to the needs of the family, with the view to improving their health and wellbeing.
ASD Sensory Therapies
Sensory processing difficulties can change how a person responds to changes in their own body, the environment and how they interact with it and others around them. They may have difficulties registering or processing sensory input which may result in them seeking out or avoiding particular types of stimuli. These behaviours can have an impact on social interactions, activities of daily living, gross and fine motor skills, cognitive development and the ability to maintain a calm, alert state.
Extra Curricular
Please check the school website link for details.
1.25 miles
