• Autistic spectrum conditions, communication difficulties, learning difficulties
• Residential and day places
• Courses start September
• 38 weeks per year
• Maximum 22 residential and 14 day learners
• Age 16-25

General Description of College:
Homefield College is based on a residential estate in a large village near Loughborough with 22 residential and 14 day learners. It specialises in providing for learners with autistic traits, communication difficulties and/or learning difficulties. There are extensive domestic-style facilities for all learners to develop daily living skills and off-campus houses for learners to develop independent living skills. Aladkins (e-Bay) and Barrow of Treats (traditional-style sweetshop and tea room) provide excellent opportunities for learners to work with the public.

The Curriculum:
The college specialises in real, practical experiences to support learning. These include office skills, catering, maintenance, horticulture, e-Bay enterprise, community–based café/sweetshop and external work experience placements. Extensive use is made of the local towns in bus- and train-travel, shopping, using banks, libraries, post offices, leisure centres and cinemas as well as visiting various places of interest. The daily living and independent living facilities in the residences provide real and practical opportunities to develop essential living skills. The development of reading, writing, use of numbers and communication are integrated into practical experiences throughout the curriculum.

Specialist Facilities:
Experienced and well-trained staff sensitive to the requirements of people with autistic traits. Excellent access to public transport. In-house Speech and Language Therapist. Sensory room.

Statements:

1. expertise in working with learners with autism spectrum disorder
2. expertise in working with learners with communication difficulties
3. expertise in meeting the needs of students with severe learning difficulties
4. expertise in meeting the needs of students with moderate learning difficulties
5. a personal development programme
6. opportunities to improve communication skills such as the use of Makaton, Bliss, symbols or objects of reference
7. opportunities to develop strategies to minimise incidence of inappropriate behaviour
8. a programme to help learners to look after themselves more independently
9. in-house speech and language therapy
10. specialist community access training to enable independent travel
11. opportunities to work towards awards in the Foundation Learning Tier
12. opportunities to experience real work situations
13. opportunities to take part in a wide range of social, leisure and sporting activities
14. opportunities to improve literacy, numeracy and communication skills
15. opportunities to attend local mainstream colleges with support
16. opportunities to experiment with sound, touch, smell and sight in order to aid learning
17. a supported transition programme into independent or supported living
18. day provision
19. residential provision extending beyond the academic year
20. waking night residential staff

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