our services
Sprucewood acknowledges the importance of education and we are committed to supporting the children in our care to achieve the best educational outcomes possible. Some children placed have the ability to attend and engage in the mainstream school system, for those children additional educational support is provided by Sprucewood’s teacher, liaising with the child’s school teacher, assistance can be provided with homework or particular educational tasks.
For those children who struggle with the challenges of a mainstream setting and for whom there are external challenges to finding a suitable education placement in a timely fashion, Sprucewood provides one to one education provision facilitated by a qualified teacher, in line with National Curriculum standards, in a purpose designed classroom setting in the grounds of Spruce Cottage.
This provides each child with gradual exposure to education in a positive, creative, developmentally sensitive and trauma informed way, working at their pace our teacher reintroduces learning as a safe and fun experience with measured exposure to rules and boundaries. Additionally, Sprucewood is a registered Asdan Centre (a charitable organisation reg. Charity No. 1066927) and the alternative education programme, facilitated by our teacher, provides opportunities for each child to choose projects that they are interested in and gives them a sense of ownership, control and achievement when projects are completed and certificates awarded.
The teacher is a core member of the multidisciplinary team and engages in training and the monthly intervention review forums alongside residential staff enabling greater understanding and awareness of the challenges experienced by each child. The intervention approaches in the classroom therefore compliment the approach employed in the home and provides a consistent and cohesive experience for the child.
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Images depicted throughout the site are stock images and not of actual children resident in Sprucewood Cottage.