Stepping Stones School

Our mission at Stepping Stones is to provide a safe, secure and attractive environment enabling children to enjoy learning and reach their full potential. We endeavour to deliver an inclusive curriculum, which prepares pupils for reintegration into a school appropriate to their needs. Through a positive team approach we facilitate change, work towards desirable outomes of behaviour and develop self-esteem. This should enable pupils to develop into responsible and caring members of the community.

 At Stepping Stones Short Stay School we aim to:

• Provide learning through positive role models 
• Give pupils the opportunity to take responsibility for their own learning, behaviour and actions towards others through clear target setting and self-evaluation
• Work with other agencies to develop pupils understanding of the wider community and their place in it 
• Support pupils within a group situation to develop their social and co-operative skills 
• Differentiate the curriculum to meet individual needs, giving children the opportunity for success
• Work with pupils, parents, schools and other agencies to aid successful inclusion into a School appropriate to their needs 
• Deliver a stimulating curriculum which emulates that which is taught in mainstream school
• Assess pupil progress to identify individual needs and inform future planning 
• Work in partnership with parents through an open and honest approach 
• Embrace and celebrate individuals and the schools' successes 
• Work within the Behaviour and Care and Control Policies which provide clear routines and consistent expectations 
• Have high expectations of all staff and pupils.