A disabled children’s charity is celebrating triple success with top gradings for its college, school and care during its 190th anniversary.
The Seashell Trust-run Royal College Manchester has just been awarded an outstanding judgment from Ofsted. The specialist college takes students from 19-25 who have complex physical and learning disabilities including sensory impairment and autism, along with communication disorders. Many of the students live on the trust’s Cheadle Hulme campus.
Pictured Left:
Royal College student
Ellen Hagi-Savva with
learning support assistant
Tanya Bancks.
Mark Geraghty, CEO and principal of the Seashell Trust, said:
“The successes achieved are the direct result of head Bernie White, deputy head Katherine Corey and the Royal College Manchester staff’s hard work and tireless commitment to the young people and their needs.
“I am pleased with the report and the outcomes for our young people. Seashell Trust is a great team of loyal and highly professional staff and I am privileged to be part of this high achieving team.”
Ofsted found the students made outstanding progress in developing their communication skills and their ability to stay calm and better manage their own behaviour.
The education standards watchdog’s report said: “An extensive range of highly specialist therapists work very effectively with teachers and support staff to ensure students can participate fully and gain the maximum benefit from their learning.”
It also noted: “Strategies to support the development of students’ communication, behaviour management and independence skills are outstanding.”
Bernie White, head of Royal College Manchester, said:
“We are very proud of achieving outstanding in all areas, which is the result of unstinting efforts by all teaching, therapy and support staff to ensure students have the highest quality learning experience. We provide a valuable service for students who require a specialist learning environment and multi-disciplinary support. This judgment demonstrates the impact of this type of provision on the achievements of young people with very complex needs.”
The report follows a long line of excellent results in inspections for Seashell Trust.
Mr Geraghty added:
“This year we also had the second consecutive outstanding for Royal School Manchester, four consecutive years of outstanding Ofsted judgments for our children’s homes and flawless judgments from Care Quality Commission for our young people’s homes too.”
Pic cap: Royal College student Ellen Hagi-Savva with learning support assistant Tanya Bancks.