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RNIB supporting blind and partially sighted people Effective practice guide Special schools and colleges in the UK About this guide This guide gives details of schools and colleges which are specifically for blind and partially sighted children and students, or have facilities for blind and partially sighted children and students. Many blind and partially sighted children are educated in mainstream schools, or in special schools that do not specialise in sight loss. We strongly advise contacting the Local Authority's Visual Impairment Teaching Service for information and advice about local provision. This guide is part of our Complex Needs series. At the end you will find the full series listed, and details of where to find them. Contents 1. Schools and colleges specifically for blind and partially sighted pupils 2. Schools and colleges with facilities for blind and partially sighted pupils 3. RNIB Schools and colleges 4. Further guides Registered charity number 226227
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RNIB supporting blind and partially sighted peopleEffective practice guide
Special schools and colleges in the UK
About this guide
This guide gives details of schools and colleges which are specifically for blind and partially sighted children and students, or have facilities for blind and partially sighted children and students. Many blind and partially sighted children are educated in mainstream schools, or in special schools that do not specialise in sight loss. We strongly advise contacting the Local Authority's Visual Impairment Teaching Service for information and advice about local provision.
This guide is part of our Complex Needs series. At the end you will find the full series listed, and details of where to find them.
Contents
1. Schools and colleges specifically for blind and partially sighted pupils
2. Schools and colleges with facilities for blind and partially sighted pupils
3. RNIB Schools and colleges4. Further guides
1. Schools and colleges specifically for blind and partially sighted pupils
London and South East Joseph Clarke School Vincent Road, Highams Park, Chingford, E4 9PP
Telephone: 020 8523 4833 Fax: 020 8523 5003 Email: [email protected]
Registered charity number 226227
Waltham Forest LA; day; some pupils with additional learning difficulties; plus visiting teacher service; 2 to 19 years. Linden Lodge School 61 Princes Way, Wimbledon Park, London SW19 6JB
Telephone: 020 8788 0107Fax: 020 8780 2712Email: [email protected]: www.lindenlodge.wandsworth.sch.uk
Wandsworth LEA; residential / day; some pupils with additional learning difficulties including profound and multiple learning difficulties. 3-19 years.
RNIB Sunshine House School and Children's home33 Dene Road, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2DD
Telephone: 01923 82 25 38 Fax: 01923 82 62 27 Email: [email protected]
RNIB school - day placements and up to weekly, weekday, term-time boarding one, two, three or four nights per week; pupils aged two to 11 years with multiple disabilities and visual impairment (MDVI). Family Services available for families of children aged 0-11 years with a visual impairment who do not attend the school.
South East
Royal London Society for Blind PeopleDorton House, Wildernesse Avenue, Seal, Nr. SevenoaksKent, TN15 0EB
Tel: 01732 592500Fax: 01732 592506
Email: [email protected]: www.rlsb.org.uk
The Brian Johnstone nursery provides for blind and partially sighted children aged 2-5 years, some of whom may have additional difficulties. The centre also provides drop in days for parents of blind and partially sighted children during term time on Tuesdays 10 am - 2 pm. The school/student campus have boarding/day, some pupils and students with additional learning difficulties; 5 - 16 years.
South West
West of England School and College for Children with Little or No Sight Countess Wear, Exeter, Devon , EX2 6HA
Telephone: 01392 45 42 00 Fax: 01392 42 80 48 Email: [email protected]
Independent, non-maintained Charitable Trust; day/weekly/termly boarding; some pupils with additional learning difficulties; school 3 to 19 years and over.
Midlands
New College Worcester Whittington Road, Worcester, WR5 2JX
Telephone: 01905 76 39 33 Fax: 01905 76 32 77 Email: [email protected] Website: www.newcollegeworcester.co.uk
Non maintained day/residential; national school and college for students following the national curriculum, GCSE's, BTEC's, A2/A-Levels and vocational courses; aged 11-19.
Priestley Smith Specialist School Perry Beeches Campus, Beeches Road, Great Barr, Birmingham, B42 2PY
Telephone: 0121 325 3900Fax: 0121 325 3902Email: [email protected]
City of Birmingham LA; day; some pupils with additional learning difficulties; two to 19 years.
RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning (Formerly RNIB Rushton School and Children's Home). Wheelwright Lane, Ash Green, Coventry, CV7 9RA
Telephone: 024 7636 9500 Fax: 024 7636 9501 Email: [email protected]
RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning (formerly RNIB Rushton School and Children's Home) offers individually-tailored education, care, healthcare and therapies to young people with complex needs who are blind or partially sighted, up to the age of 19.RNIB; day/boarding; children with a visual impairment and additional difficulties; 4 to 19 years; 52-week care and assessment service is also available; Link with Exhall Grange School for some lessons and activities.
North West
St Vincent's SchoolA Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other NeedsYew Tree Lane, West Derby, Liverpool L12 9HN
Telephone: 0151 228 9968Fax: 0151 230 5070Email: [email protected]: www.stvin.org.uk
Non Maintained school; day / weekly residential; some pupils with additional learning difficulties; 4 - 19 years.
Royal School for the Blind Church Road North, Wavertree, Liverpool, L15 6TQ
Telephone: 0151 733 1012 Fax: 0151 733 1703 Email: [email protected]
Non-maintained; day/weekly boarding; deaf-blind unit; blind and partially sighted pupils with additional learning difficulties, including multi-sensory impairment; two to 19 years.
Scotland
The Royal Blind School Craigmillar Park, Edinburgh, EH16 5NA
Telephone: 0131 667 1100 Fax: 0131 662 9700 Email: [email protected] The Royal Blind School provides specialist education, residential care, therapies and health support for young people aged up to 18 years. Based in Edinburgh, the school is a National Centre of Excellence in the education and care of young people who are blind or visually impaired (VI), including those who have complex, multiple disabilities and visual impairment (MDVI). The school offers both day placement and residential services and currently there is availability for pupil placements
Canaan Lane Campus 43-45 Canaan Lane, Edinburgh, EH10 4SG
Telephone: 0131 446 3120 Fax: 0131 447 9266 Email: [email protected]
The Canaan Lane Campus of the Royal Blind School is a purpose built educational and residential facility for children and young people with Multiple Disabilities in addition to their Visual Impairments - MDVI.
Craigmillar Park Campus2b Craigmillar Park, Edinburgh, EH16 5NA
Tel: 0131 667 1100Fax: 0131 662 [email protected]
At Craigmillar Park Campus we provide primary and secondary education including residential accommodation for students with a visual impairment.
Camphill (Rudolf Steiner) SchoolMurtle Estate, Bieldside, Aberdeen AB15 9EP
Telephone: 01224 867935Fax: 01224 868 420Email: [email protected]: www.camphillschools.org.uk
Independent voluntary school; mainly residential, some day /weekly boarders; some pupils with additional learning difficulties; 3 - 19 years.
Northern Ireland
Jordanstown Schools85 Jordanstown Road, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, BT37 OQE
Telephone: 028 9086 3541 Fax: 028 9086 4356 Email: [email protected]
Voluntary maintained; boarding/day; also caters for pupils with hearing impairment; 3 to 19+ years.
Further/Higher Education
Condover College Ltd Longbow House, Harlefcott lane, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3GZ
Telephone: 01743 872250 Email: [email protected]
Condover College provides education, support and residential care for individuals who are visually impaired with profound and additional complex needs. Education is provided for learners between the ages of 18 and 25 years. Specialist residential accommodation with a strong leisure opportunities programme can be provided post-education for individuals up to the age of 65 years.
Dorton College of Further Education Royal London Society for the BlindDorton house, Wildernesse Avenue, Seal, Nr. Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 0EB
Telephone: 01732 59 26 00 Fax: 01732 59 25 06 Email: [email protected]
Royal London Society for the Blind; boarding/day; some students with additional learning difficulties; 16+ years. Vocational, academic, basic skills and communication courses available. Links with three mainstream colleges so wide range of courses available. A/AS-level, GNVQ, NVQs and entry-level courses. Distance learning available.
Henshaws College Bogs Lane, Starbeck, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 4ED
Telephone: 01423 88 64 51 Fax: 01423 88 50 95 Email: [email protected]
Non-maintained; day/residential; all students have additional needs such as physical disability, learning difficulties, hearing impairment, medical conditions (e.g. epilepsy, cerebral palsy). Courses geared to adult living/independence, pre-vocational and vocational (Art and craft, retail and admin, horticulture, media, and hospitality), skills for life (i.e. literacy, numeracy, communication, ICT). Full range of therapies available on site. All courses carry external accreditation. Other courses available in conjunction with local FE colleges. 16 to 25 years.
Queen Alexandra College 49 Court Oak Road, Harborne, Birmingham, B17 9TG
Telephone: 0121 428 5050 Fax: 0121 428 5048 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.qac.ac.uk
Day/residential; some students with additional learning difficulties, hearing impairment, physical disabilities and autistic spectrum disorders; courses include skills for life, BTEC qualifications in a variety of subjects including Hospitality, Health and Social Care, IT and more. Learners at QAC are people aged 16 Plus with disabilities.
Royal National College for the BlindCollege Road, Hereford HR1 1EB
Telephone: 01432 376 621Fax: 01432 376628Email: [email protected]: www.rncb.ac.uk
Residential college of further education for people who are Blind or Partially Sighted, 16 years plus. RNCB provides a full range of academic and vocational qualifications combined with specialist training designed to prepare people for progression to Further Education, Higher Education and employment.
RNIB College Loughborough Radmoor Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3BS
Telephone: 01509 61 10 77 Fax: 01509 23 20 13 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.rnibcollege.ac.uk/
RNIB College Loughborough supports people with disabilities aged 16 plus on a day or residential basis to learn the skills to access education, work and housing. They share a campus with the mainstream Loughborough College which means the range of courses they can offer goes from Foundation Learning to A-Levels or equivalent.
2. Schools and colleges with facilities for blind and partially sighted pupils
London and South East
Royal School for Deaf Children Victoria Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 1NB
Telephone: 01843 227561Fax: 01843 227637Email: [email protected]: www.royalschoolfordeaf.kent.sch.uk
Residential / day; children with severe / profound hearing loss andadditional needs; 4 - 16 years with provision for older pupils atWestgate College.
Whitefield Schools & Centre MacDonald Road, Walthamstow, London E17 4AZ
Telephone: 020 8531 3426Fax: 020 8527 3613Email: [email protected]: www.whitefield.org.uk
Foundation special school; day; Pupils with autism, speech and language difficulties, learning difficulties, multisensory impairment and PMLD; 3 - 19 years.
South East
West Berkshire Sensory Resource, Brookfields School Sage Road, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 6SW
Telephone: 01189 41 08 13 (resource base) 01189 42 13 82 (school office) Email: [email protected]
The West Berkshire Sensory Resource was established in 2002 in partnership with the RNIB. It is based at Brookfields special school, which caters for pupils aged two and a half years to nineteen years, who have complex needs. The Sensory Resource currently takes 20 pupils. The criteria for placement in the Sensory Resource is that pupils must have severe, profound or degenerative visual / hearing loss (or deaf/blind) in conjunction
with significant additional needs. All pupils are class-based. They are supported individually both in the Resource base and within class.
South West
Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education 50 Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4NF
Telephone: 01392 27 26 92 Fax: 01392 43 11 46 Email: [email protected]
Day/weekly boarding; deaf-blind pupils and some with additional learning difficulties; 5 to 16 years and over.
The Knowle-dgeLeinster Avenue Knowle Bristol BS4 1NN Telephone: 0117 353 2011Email: [email protected]
Day; some pupils with physical difficulties and complex needs; moderate learning difficulties; emotional and behavioural difficulties; 10 to 18 years.
Midlands
Exhall Grange Specialist School and Science College Easter Way, Coventry, CV7 9HP
Telephone: 024 7636 4200 Fax: 024 7664 5055 Email: [email protected]
Warwickshire LEA; day; some pupils with physical difficulties, two to 19 years.
North East
Northern Counties School Tankerville Terrace, Jesmond, NE2 3BB Telephone: 0191 281 5821 Fax: 0191 281 5060 Email: [email protected]
Day/boarding; children with complex needs, hearing and visual impairment, physical disabilities, autism and communication difficulties. 6 to 19 years.
North West
The Seas Shell TrustStanley Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 6RQ
Telephone: 0161 610 0100 Fax: 0161 610 0101 Email: [email protected]
Day/boarding; deaf-blind unit, all pupils have additional severe and complex learning difficulties; 5 to 21 years.
Hazelwood School 50 Dumbreck Court, Glasgow, G41 5DG
Telephone: 0141 427 9334 Fax: 0141 427 2859 Email: [email protected]
Hazelwood School opened in August 2007. It replaces both Kelvin and Carnbooth schools. Hazelwood caters for pupils with severe learning difficulties who may have both hearing and visual loss as well as physical, communication, and medical difficulties. The pupils are aged from 2 - 18 years.
Wales
Heronsbridge School Ewenny Road, Bridgend, South Wales, CF31 3HT
Telephone: 01656 65 39 74 Fax: 01656 76 62 70 Email: [email protected]
Bridgend County LEA; day / residential school for pupils with learning difficulties; some autistic pupils; 3 - 19 years.
Further / Higher Education
For further information and guidance on Further and Higher Education, please visit: www.natspec.org.uk/directory
Natspec is a membership association for independent specialist colleges that provide further education or training for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
3. RNIB schools and colleges
RNIB Sunshine House School and Children's home33 Dene Road, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2DD
Telephone: 01923 82 25 38 Fax: 01923 82 62 27
Email: [email protected]
RNIB school - day placements and up to weekly, weekday, term-time boarding one, two, three or four nights per week; pupils aged two to 11 years with multiple disabilities and visual impairment (MDVI). Family Services available for families of children aged 0-11 years with a visual impairment who do not attend the school.
RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning (Formerly RNIB Rushton School and Children's Home). Wheelwright Lane, Ash Green, Coventry, CV7 9RA
Telephone: 024 7636 9500 Fax: 024 7636 9501 Email: [email protected]
RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning (formerly RNIB Rushton School and Children's Home) offers individually-tailored education, care, healthcare and therapies to young people with complex needs who are blind or partially sighted, up to the age of 19.RNIB; day/boarding; children with a visual impairment and additional difficulties; 4 to 19 years; 52-week care and assessment service is also available; Link with Exhall Grange School for some lessons and activities.
RNIB College Loughborough Radmoor Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3BS
Telephone: 01509 61 10 77 Fax: 01509 23 20 13 Email: [email protected]: http://www.rnibcollege.ac.uk/
RNIB College Loughborough supports people with disabilities aged 16 plus on a day or residential basis to learn the skills to access education, work and housing. They share a campus with the mainstream Loughborough College which means the range of courses they can offer goes from Foundation Learning to A-Levels or equivalent.
4. Further guides
The full Complex Needs series of guides includes:
Special Schools and Colleges in the UKAssessment Functional Hearing Assessment Functional Vision Assessment
Communication Becoming a sensitive communication partner Promoting communication with children with complex needs Alternative & Augmentative Communication (AAC) Using Touch with children with complex needs Objects of reference
In the classroom Developing Play Creative and Musical sessions for children with complex needs Sensory Stories Information Communication Technology (ICT) for children with
complex needs Multi-sensory Learning Environments
The staff Team The role of the Intervenor The role of the QTVI and other professionals: 1) Best of Both: Visual impairment and Physiotherapy2) Best of Both: Visual impairment and Occupational therapy3) Best of Both: Visual impairment and Speech and language Therapy4) Best of Both: Visual impairment and Specific medical needs and medication5) Best of Both: Visual impairment and Orthoptics (clinical and functional vision assessment)
Understanding complex needs Attachment, development and children with sensory needs Sensory Integration
You may also be interested in the following series of guides, all of which are relevant to children, young people and families:
Supporting Early Years Education series Removing barriers to learning series Teaching National Curriculum Subjects series Complex needs series Further and Higher education series
We also produce a number of stand-alone factsheets, on a range of topics, which may be of interest, please contact us to find out what we have available.
All these guides can be found in electronic form at www.rnib.org.uk/guidanceonteaching . For print, braille, large print or audio, please contact the RNIB Children, Young people and Families' (CYPF)Team at [email protected] call on 0121 665 4235.
For further information about RNIB
Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), and its associate charity Action for Blind People, provide a range of services to support children with visual impairment, their families and the professionals who work with them.
RNIB Helpline can refer you to specialists for further advice and guidance relating to your situation. RNIB Helpline can also help you by providing information and advice on a range of topics, such as eye health, the latest products, leisure opportunities, benefits advice and emotional support.
Call the Helpline team on 0303 123 9999 or email [email protected]
If you would like regular information to help your work with children who have sight problems, why not subscribe to "Insight", RNIB's magazine for all who live or work with children and young people with sight problems.
Information Disclaimer
Effective Practice Guides provide general information and ideas for consideration when working with children who have a visual impairment (and complex needs). All information provided is from the personal perspective of the author of each guide and as such, RNIB will not accept liability for any loss or damage or inconvenience arising as a consequence of the use of or the inability to use any information within this guide. Readers who use this guide and rely on any information do so at their own risk. All activities should be done with the full knowledge of the medical condition of the child and with guidance from the QTVI and other professionals involved with the child. RNIB does not represent or warrant that the information accessible via the website, including Effective Practice Guidance are accurate, complete or up to date.
Guide updated: March 2012
