Teacher

Redburn school is located in the Kildrum area of Cumbernauld and services the North Lanarkshire community providing education to children and young people who encounter severe and complex additional support needs.

The school is a stand alone provision catering for pupils from age 5-18 and its role is currently 103. All pupils attending the school have been through NLC allocation and staged intervention process and all pupils are currently transported to the establishment either by bus, taxi or parents.

The school is currently expanding and through North Lanarkshire council, grants and fundraising the school has facilities and equipment to support each pupil to realise and fulfill their potential. Over the past 3 years the school has embarked on an ambitious project to increase experiences linked to the outdoors. We now have an outdoor bounce, swing and spin playground, cycle and wheelchair track, polytunnel, trim trail, designated forest schools area, sensory garden, playground markings, activities to develop Literacy and Numeracy and a Bothy. All of these support our children and young people to learn vital skills associated with learning, life and work in an environment which is motivating, stimulating and promotes achievement.

In 2016 the school opened a Café, personal presentation area and Flat to support our senior phase pupils prepare for positive and sustained destinations post school.

The school currently has 40 Pupils living in SIMD 1 and 2 and therefore has been allocated £26,000 from the pupil equity fund which will be used to close the attainment gap in Literacy and Numeracy.

The school community are currently examining a wide range of initiatives including TEACHH training for staff and identified parents, family cook and family explore sessions, CPD linked to reducing barriers for identified pupils and the purchase of an outdoor promeathean screen to allow pupils to develop a depth of learning whilst in the environment where the learning is taking place.