Percy Hedley College, is a quality specialist further education and training provider for young people, aged 16-25, with a range of learning difficulties and disabilities who require specialist individual programmes to develop their communication, independence and employability skills to make a successful transition into adulthood.
In 2011, the school was judged by Ofsted overall good with outstanding features to include links with community and employers.
'Learner's contribution to the community is outstanding. Their involvements is influential with a wide range of partners (...) Learners make good progress across a broad set of skills including tasks for daily living and personal care, which helps them move into independent or supported living after college where appropriate (...) The effective development of vocational skills enables learners to achieve well in their work placements within college and employers premises'.
The college campus is located in Forest Hall and can offer flexible packages of further education and training across the region.
Students are supported by the Percy Hedley team of specialists and Therapists, specialist Learning Support Assistants and Tutors. The college works in partnership with a wide range of services, supported employment programmes, general further education establishments and volunteering projects to support students into a successful transition.
The school offer a range of highly specialist provision which includes respite, term time and 52 week placements.
College students will have moderate, severe or complex and profound and multiple learning difficulties.
They are developing personalised curriculum routes for students on GCSEs, Level 1 and beyond.
College students will have moderate, severe or complex and profound and multiple learning difficulties, with multiple needs such as:
- Physical disabilities to include cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, gross and fine motor difficulties, developmental coordination disorders
- Complex communication, speech and language needs to include students who are nonverbal, those with social communication difficulties, ADHD and dyslexia
- Sensory impairments to include hearing, visual and other sensory processing difficulties
- Medical needs to include epilepsy and other neurological impairments.