Lincolnshire Wolds Federation - St Bernards Academy

Following a year of working in partnership the Federation was formed in July 2012 between st Bernard's and St Lawrence. St Bernard’s School is situated in Louth and is close to many local amenities and learning opportunities within the community.  The academy caters for students aged from 2-19 and serves a wide catchment area, including the east coastal strip.  It serves almost the whole of this rural county and caters for a wide range of additional needs and associated learning difficulties.
 
All students attending the academyhave a statement of additional educational need / Education health and care plan and are placed by the Additional Needs Panel of Lincolnshire County Council Children’s Services.  The only exception is where a child may be accessing an assessment place in the Early Years Department.

The academy caters for a wide range of learning difficulties and encompassing associated difficulties, such as autism, communication difficulties, physical disabilities, dyspraxia, profound and multiple disabilities and sensory impairment. 
 
Our mission statement:

‘Learn for life and work for the future through inspiring, purposeful and personalised learning every day'.  The curriculum focuses primarily on addressing the students’ individual barriers to learning, in addition to national curriculum subjects delivered through themes or topics.

The learning environments are designed to be low-arousal and much of the teaching is supported visually to enhance the processing of information. The academy has a hydrotherapy pool, a purpose-built D&T room (food technology) and large outside play areas.

In order to provide an outstanding education we encourage links with other schools in order to deliver a range of experiences to our young people. this is across both Early years, primary and secondary, as well as with post 16 providers.

We are accredited with healthy schools / Eco schools and hold the Aim4Lincs accreditation for the work we carry out with students on the Autistic spectrum.  We utilise TEACCH (treatment and education of autistic and related communication difficulties)  and the SPELL (structure. positivity, empathy, low arousal and links) approach in meeting these needs on a daily basis.
We are also accredited through the National Autistic Society for our outreach service.

Our approach is highly personalised to each individual's needs, therefore each student has an individual learning programme (ILP), based on their own particular needs and barriers to learning. We have a commitment to working within the framework of the National Curriculum and believe strongly in every child’s entitlement to a broad, balanced and very rich education. We offer a flexible individual approach across the academy and federation, with all of our pupils have access to a topic based approach based on their areas of interest and a range of accreditation including entry levels, Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme as well as a comprehensive work related learning programme.  We also provide a sensory curriculum, where therapies including rebound and hydrotherapy are delivered to support the students learning experiences.
Throughout all age ranges we provide pupils with the life skills they will need when they leave us, these skills are appropriate to each individual pupil and can range from using a knife and fork through to road safety.

Early Years:

The Early Years department follows the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum, which is taught through topics.  Individual targets are taken from the each student’s EHC plan / Statement and incorporated into a play based style of learning.  We are also able to offer an assessment provision with EYFS, in order to support the gathering of information with expertise from staff within the federation and other professionals to support early intervention.

KS 4/5:

The Upper academy department focuses on promoting independence and communication skills through both accredited schemes and learning experiences both on and off site.  We work very closely with colleges, social care teams and further education providers to ensure that transition at 19 is as smooth and positive an experience as possible.

We are constantly striving to improve the lives of our students through their environment and experiences.   The curriculum and assessment (PIVATS) across the Federation is tailored to ensure that students develop their functional use of literacy/communication and numeracy in all aspects of their daily lives, through an integrated, thematic approach, based on their main barriers to learning, as identified within their statements of need.  Our aim is to ensure that our students gain a wealth of experiences and skills that prepare them for life after school.  Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is a thread that binds all experiences that our pupils learn from and encounter.

The Governing Body and highly skilled staff from both sites continually aim and work towards providing the highest level of care and education for all students within the Federation.

Who to contact

Contact Name
Mrs Lea Mason/Mrs Ann Stebbings
Contact Position
Executive Headteacher/Head of academy
Telephone
01507 603776 01507 603776
E-mail
stbernards@lwf.lincs.sch.uk
Website
Lincolnshire Wolds Federation Website
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Where to go

Name
Lincolnshire Wolds Federation - St Bernards Academy
Address
St. Bernards House
Wood Lane
Louth
Lincolnshire
Postcode

LN11 8RS

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Other Details

Availability

Referral required
Not Required
Referral Details

Admission to special schools.

 

Specific age range
2 - 19 Years
School Roll No.
67
Type of School
Learning difficulties and Complex needs 2-19

Local Offer

Links
SEN Information Report (Policy Page)
SEN Provision Type
Universal

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