ESC Department information

Mr F Littledyke (Education Support Centre Manager)
Miss V Hanson (Senior Learning Mentor)
Mr L Herbert (Learning Mentor)
Mrs M Leonard (Learning Support Assistant)

The Education Support Centre (ESC) is an additional facility that complements any support already given by subject teachers, departments and pastoral teams.

It provides a supportive facility (withdrawal, in-class support and counselling) for pupils and also helps them to continue with their normal working curriculum.  The ESC will work towards breaking down any barriers to learning that pupils may have, whether they be academic, behavioural or social.

Pupils may require support because of:

• Difficulties at transition;
• Reintegration problems (e.g. transferring schools, returning from long term absence, exclusion);
• Underachieving due to e.g. learning difficulties, social difficulties, attendance, illness, attitude to work/school, and problems outside of school.
• Stress due to bereavement, family break-up, teenage pregnancy or bullying;
• Problems with behaviour and social skills where help will be provided with e.g. anger management, the need to accept rules, routines, sanctions and authority, improvement with social and communication skills.

Referred pupils work with the ESC manager and staff.  An action plan will be established which will work on targets that will help them to return to mainstream classes using a staged re-integrations process.

The ESC aims to help and improve attendance, discipline and attainment in the school.

ESC Opening Times

• Monday - Break Time
• Wednesday - Break Time
• Friday - Break Time

If the ESC is closed and you need to see someone urgently, Please see your Director Of Learning.

The ESC and learing Mentors also have information available for pupils suffering from grief.

Learning Mentor Department Information

Calendar of events

April/May

• Week-End Residential - TBC

June

• Training Year 8 pupils to become Peer supporters

July

• P.A.Y.P with Connexions - TBC
• Year 10 Pupils on various days out

School clubs

The Learning Mentor Department offers free advice to students and parents at any time as well as running a number of clubs that are free and available to all students.

These Clubs Include:

• Peer Supporters Club (Room 8) - Tuesday and Thursday Lunchtime (12.30 - 1.25pm)
• Whats On Club (Library) - Wednesday After School (3.30 - 4.30pm)
• Homework Club (Room 36) - Friday Lunchtime (12.30 - 1.25)

Peer supporters club

The peer supporters club offers students access to trained peer mentors where they can ask for help or advice on any topic. This help and advice is available at anytime to students as well as an organised club twice a week.

• Tuesday 12.30pm in Room 8
• Thursday 12.30pm in Room 8

After school club

• Wednesday 3.30pm in Library

Homework clubs

• Friday 12.30pm in Room 36

Trips and activities

The Learning Mentor Department run trips to Thurston, crafts and arts workshops, canoeing and other outdoor activities.

Photo Slideshow

Below there is a sample of some of the edited photos the pupils from the learning support have created:

ESC and Learining Mentor Downloads

Available Downloads

• Children and Pet Bereavement »   (PDF 121 KB)

We have two CD's available for pupils to use to help them to cope with bullying and to cope when someone has dies. These CD's are called:

• Coping With Bullying
• Coping When Someone Has Died

Part of the "Rotary: Coping with Life Series".

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