Contact Details

Organiser

Jemma Bowen

Telephone Number

07776956841

Email Address

jemma.bowen@the-aurora-group.com

Location

Local Offer

Contact Name

Jemma Bowen

Contact Email

jemma.bowen@the-aurora-group

SEN Provision Type

specialist

Details

Aurora Woodlands is a small specialist school providing personalised, tailored academic and therapeutic support in a calm, nurturing environment. Our team of skilled and experienced practitioners support young people with complex needs, helping them to reach their educational aspirations and prepare for a successful future. Many of the students who arrive at Woodlands have had negative experiences of school in the past. We strive to offer them a different, more positive experience, working hard to ensure that their needs are identified and catered for; that they feel settled and quickly develop a sense of belonging within our school community. We promote community and sharing throughout the school day. Staff and students share their meals together, and every morning we hold an assembly centered around a specific theme, which takes place in our large communal hall. We take a proactive, evidence-based approach to changing behaviours of concern, completing functional behaviour assessments and creating appropriate behaviour support plans that employ Positive Behaviour Strategies (PBS), such as pre-correcting, prompting and nonverbal signals. In addition to PBS, we are developing our trauma-informed practice by using the Thrive approach. All staff receive regular Thrive training to promote positive mental health and to help them respond to behaviour in a way that helps all our students to flourish and learn. Our Facilities Aurora Woodlands is situated in a beautiful location in the small town of Darwen, Lancashire. Our students enjoy access to a range of specialist on-site facilities, including an ICT suite, a library with breakout area, a fully equipped design technology workshop, and a five-a-side 3G football pitch, as well as access to local leisure facilities. We also run a varied Outdoor and Social Education programme, which is designed to build confidence, self-esteem and friendships through a range of exciting activities including kayaking, rock climbing, skiing and fell-walking.

Age Bands

16-25 years, 11-15 years

Notes

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