Treloar College

Overview

Treloar College continues to be an outstanding provider, delivering exceptional education for young people with complex physical and sensory disabilities. Leaders have developed a vision that prioritises seamless integrated therapies and care, ensuring students can access their education consistently. The college is highly effective in preparing students for adulthood, with almost all achieving their individual goals through highly personalised programmes.

Strengths

• Leaders use long-term data on former students’ destinations to "enhance the impact of the curriculum" and improve future outcomes.
• Staff provide "exceptional support" and use "highly individualised programmes" to help students develop independence and self-advocacy.
• "Seamless integrated therapies and care" allow students to engage enthusiastically and make "swift progress" without interruption.
• Assessment is used "exceptionally well" to plan programmes based on students’ skills, needs, and aspirations.
• "Exceptionally well-qualified and experienced careers advisers" provide specialist guidance to help students prepare for their next steps.

Areas to improve

• Leaders and staff should ensure that students in the sensory and interactive pathway benefit from developing "early literacy and numeracy skills".
• Leaders should provide focused training to ensure teachers develop pedagogical skills consistently so that support assistants are "deployed effectively in the classroom".

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with a highly qualified designated safeguarding lead ensuring that policies and training are robust and that students feel safe and confident in raising concerns.