The Hesley Village College

Hesley Village and College provides accommodation, vocational opportunities, education and therapeutic services for up to 70 young people with severe challenging behaviour resulting form autism and / or severe learning difficulties.

Curriculum:
We build upon earlier experiences and skills in order to educate, train and support students/residents in achieving as effective transition to adulthood and independence as possible. The Hesley Post 16 Curriculum is based on life long learning and consists of key skills, life skills and work skills and each resident has an individual Learning Plan.
Hesley Village and College has a superbly equipped Educational and Vocational centre and runs successful work placements and mini-enteprise schemes both on and off site.

Specialist Facilities:
The Village centre development includes a general store, clothes shop, bank, hairdressers, beauticians, medical centre, Sports Hall, Village Hall, cinema, brasserie and bar. The facilities are used by the residents to practise their skills in a safe and non-judgemental environment. They then have greater confidence ad the ability to successfully achieve transference of these skills into the wider community.


Statements:

expertise in working with learners with Autism
expertise in working with learners with significant and challenging emotional and behavioural difficulties
expertise in meeting the needs of students with severe learning difficulties
registered care home status
a range of vocational courses with opportunities for accreditation.
a personal development programme
opportunities for supported integration in local mainstream colleges
opportunities to experience real life work situations
a work placement scheme with local employers
opportunities to improve literacy, numeracy and communication skills
a range of business activities in which learners take part
a wide range of social, leisure and sporting activities
residential provision extending beyond the academic year
waking night residential staff
opportunities to improve communication skills such as the use of Makaton, Bliss, symbols or objects of reference
opportunities to improve and develop communication skills through the use of Alternative and Augmentative Communication aids
in-house speech and language therapy
in-house psychology services
in-house psychiatric services
opportunities to learn in small steps