Rowanfield School is situated in the North of Edinburgh and is a city-wide, multi-agency school for primary-aged children with severe and complex social, emotional and behavioral needs.
Rowanfield is situated in the North of Edinburgh and is a citywide, multi-agency school for primary-aged children with severe and complex social, emotional and behavioral needs. Rowanfield opened in November 2002, under the Public/Private Partnership. It is a purpose-built school consisting of teams that work with children and their parents/carers. There is a city-wide multidisciplinary process to assess placements at this school.
We believe that:
- Courageous children are most likely to achieve their aspirations
- Curious children will question the world around them
- Compassionate children can encourage others to be better
- Creative children will be able to solve the problems of the future
To enable children to achieve these qualities school staff aspire to:
- Nurture children as individuals and help them recognize what they have to offer as members of society
- Motivate and inspire children to achieve
- Develop children’s interests, passions, and/or talents
- Create positive and memorable learning experiences.
When we create this, Children will feel:
- That they have something to offer that is valued
- Curious & excited about learning
- Confident to ask questions and have a desire to explore
- Inspired to share their learning.
Our pupil population is transient due to new learners arriving, and others leaving to move on to a mainstream setting or another specialist provision. This process happens throughout the school year.
The building is divided into three learning and teaching areas, each of which has three classrooms, a nurture space and support base, and a general-purpose area. Other spaces include the gym hall, art room, teacher resource room, family room, nurture classroom, sensory room, therapy room, meeting room, visiting therapists’ room, outdoor education resource, and support for learning area.
The management team consists of the Headteacher, Depute Headteacher, Principal Teacher, and a part-time Business Manager. Our staffing model reflects the degree of individual care and attention that our young people require to help meet their needs. The school has a multi-agency approach to working with our young people and this includes Educational Psychologists, Speech and Language therapists, Occupational therapists, School Doctors, Nurse and Health assistants, and Community Mental Health Workers. In addition to this, we work in partnership with our school Family Support Worker and Barnardos.
There are currently 8 classes and the child to teacher ratio is 6:1. We also offer Relax Kids and The Zone nurture class for those who require this input. Also, there are Nursery Nurses and Behaviour Assistants who make up our Behaviour Support Team. We also we Pupil Support Assistants working throughout the school to support both the pupils and their families.
At Rowanfield, we aim to offer a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for our young people whose social and emotional difficulties and consequential behaviors can pose an issue to themselves within mainstream education settings.
We aim to support our pupils so that they can make good progress from prior levels of attainment and achievement. We aspire to actively engage them in their learning and to take responsibility for setting personal targets and improving their behavior. We want them to be proud of their school environment and their achievements. We aim to help our young people focus on developing respect for themselves and others to maximize their experience of Primary School and be presented with opportunities to be reintegrated into their community.
Rowanfield is a safe and nurturing place of learning where we help our young people build skills for life and have high hopes for their future.
Our Aims:
- To maintain a positive environment where children feel safe and are nurtured.
- To provide an inclusive, creative and challenging curriculum that engages our learners.
- To model appropriate behavior and mutual respect.
- To build self-esteem by nurturing talents and interests.
- To engage parents and carers, partner agencies, and the wider community.
