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Communication is a primary need in Pontville School's admissions criteria and underpins everything they do, from the first 12 weeks of a pupil's journey, when detailed assessments are made, to their very last day at the school.
The co-educational independent special school in Ormskirk, Lancashire provides day and year-round residential provision for children and young people aged five to 19 with a range of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including Asperger's syndrome, autism, semantic pragmatic disorder and speech and language impairment.
Tackling each half term individually, Pontville's team of speech and language therapists (SLTs) and personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education co-ordinator collaborate to create a school-wide plan for communications. Their plan is then incorporated across all subject areas. Alongside this, pupils attend weekly SLT sessions with a therapist, and practice a range of communication skills in a special timetabled lesson with their teachers.
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