• Specialism:
  Learners with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities
• Residential/Day:
  Both
• Course Start Dates:
  September
• Course Length per Year in weeks:
  38 weeks
• Maximum Student Numbers:
  60+
• Age Range:
  16 – 25

General Description of College:
Hinwick Hall College is part of Livability. The College is set in its own grounds on the Northamptonshire / Bedfordshire border where it offers education and care for up to 60 residential and day students.

The Curriculum:
We specialise in working with young people with a range of disabilities and associated learning, communication and emotional difficulties. Our teaching reflects this, catering to many different learning styles. The whole college is built around the concept of waking hour learning. We offer three learning pathways, each tailored to different student need. Pathway one students demonstrate an ability to either direct their learning or practically apply their skills in a variety of settings. Pathway two students focus on the development of practical skills and learn through doing. Pathway three students primarily focus on developing their emerging communication skills, and this underpins all elements of their curriculum.

Specialist Facilities:
We have qualified Speech Therapy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Behaviour Therapy staff on site. Our purpose built physiotherapy department includes a pool where trained staff provide aquatic therapy. We employ our own full time nursing staff.

Statements:

1. expertise in meeting the needs of students with severe learning difficulties
2. expertise in meeting the needs of students with profound and multiple learning difficulties
3. expertise in working with learners with communication difficulties
4. expertise in supporting learners with behavioural difficulties
5. in-house speech and language therapy
6. in-house physiotherapy
7. specialist staff to meet personal care requirements
8. registered with the Care Quality Commission
9. opportunities to work towards qualifications within Foundation Learning
10. opportunities to improve communication skills such as the use of Makaton, Bliss, symbols or objects of reference
11. a social skills programme
12. a personal development programme
13. residential provision linked to the academic year
14. day provision
15. a range of vocational courses with opportunities for accreditation.
16. opportunities to improve and develop communication skills through the use of Alternative and Augmentative Communication aids
17. a programme to help learners to look after themselves more independently
18. opportunities to improve literacy, numeracy and/or communication skills
19. opportunities to develop strategies to promote appropriate behaviour
20. opportunities to take part in a wide range of social, leisure and sporting activities