Tŷ Coryton prides itself on providing a friendly, caring, and supportive environment that encourages our pupils to reach their full potential. Our pupils are very important to us and supporting them to progress throughout their academic lives underpins everything that we do. This website allows me to share the dynamic experiences available here and show you how the curriculum can be personalized to suit the individual needs of every young person that walks through our doors. As well as educating our pupils, we place huge importance on their well-being, health, and care needs. Indeed our school shares a site with our registered children’s home, which offers residential placements for those who wish to both life and learn at Tŷ Coryton. For more about our residential services follow this link.
The staff team at Tŷ Coryton is dedicated to helping our pupils to become caring and thoughtful members of the community. There is a strong emphasis on communication by whatever means is appropriate to the individual, as we believe that when our pupils can communicate their wants and needs, they will have the confidence and the skills to make their way in the world when they leave us.
We firmly believe in listening to our pupils. Many contribute to various aspects of school life through the Student Council, Eco Committee, and pupil UN making choices about the school on behalf of their peers. All pupils contribute to their annual reviews either in person or through informative booklets completed before the meeting.
Further to this, we have a comprehensive and successful work-experience program which allows pupils to gain essential real-world work skills and continuous learning, working in The Orb – a shop, cafe, laundry, office, and kitchen on the high street in Porth. So successful has this provision been that we have recently been awarded the Careers Wales, Quality Mark, for our overall work experience offering. Add to that our Wales Care Awards for recognition of our quality and model of care.
Our primary aim is to provide a safe and secure school environment that encourages individuality, confidence, and self-esteem. We aim to optimize the Quality of Life for our pupils by developing, nurturing, and promoting independence. Our service model is Positive Behavioural Support, which directs us to focus on improving quality of life, thus rendering challenging behavior less necessary. We will ensure that everyone in our school is supported to develop a positive image, overcome barriers to learning, and have valued roles in society.
We will encourage all of our pupils to develop skills and abilities which will enable them to make progress in their education and be part of their community. We will ensure that all of our pupils are central to all planning and development and supported to make informed choices. We will ensure that we engage with families, friends, and advocates throughout and support our pupils to develop and maintain relationships. We will encourage pupils to participate in positive risk-taking to develop roles, responsibilities, and confidence within their daily lives. We will enable our pupils to optimize their independence
Our Objectives:
- All plans will be based on a comprehensive assessment of need completed by a multi-disciplinary team.
- The pupils and family will be integral to this process
- Every pupil will have an individualized program of learning
- Every pupil will have an educated and skilled team around them that understands and respects their individual needs
- Every pupil will have an individualized education plan that will be updated on a termly basis based on prior achievement and national assessment criteria
- Every pupil will have a positive behavior support plan
- Every pupil will have a risk assessment and management plan that enables them to take risks in a considered way.
