Canaan Lane Campus:
Residential Provision

There are six purpose built houses for pupils attending Canaan Lane Campus:

• one house provides five ’52 week’ residential places
• one house provides six rolling respite beds for 52 weeks in the year
• four houses each provide five term time places

The key features of the residential provision are:

• small residential groups of five young people
• high staff ratio
• nursing staff available at all times
• access to therapists for support and advice
• ongoing commitment to staff being trained to minimum qualification of HNC + SVQ3
• senior staff social work qualified or equivalent
• individualised care and action plans for all young people
• positive ethos of 24 hour curriculum and care across
  residential houses and school
• a comprehensive baseline assessment for all new pupils with their first year following admission to the school
• positive inspection reports – HMIe (March 2004) & Care Commission