Treloar School

Inspection report for residential special school - Treloar School 1 Treloar School London Road, Holybourne, Alton, Hampshire GU34 4GL Residential provision inspected under the social care common inspection framework

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Information about this residential special school

Treloar School is a non-maintained residential special school for children with physical disabilities.

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Information about this residential special school

The school offers residential accommodation for children and young people aged between 11 and 25 years of age.

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Information about this residential special school

At the time of the inspection, 18 children were accessing the residential provision.

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Information about this residential special school

The inspector only inspected the social care provision at this school.

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Overall experiences and progress of

children and young people, taking into account

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outstanding

How well children and young people are helped and protected outstanding

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outstanding

The effectiveness of leaders and managers outstanding

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outstanding

The residential special school provides highly effective services that consistently exceed the standards of good. The actions of the school contribute to significantly improved outcomes and positive experiences for children and young people.

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outstanding

Date of previous inspection: 8 March 2022

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outstanding

Overall judgement at last inspection: outstanding Inspection report for residential special school - Treloar School 2

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outstanding

Children are being looked after by staff who are genuinely committed to improving their life chances. This makes children feel valued and secure, which enables them to make exceptional progress.

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outstanding

Children benefit from having access to a highly effective multi-disciplinary team, which includes health professionals, therapists, teachers and care staff. Together, they find innovative ways to help children to overcome the challenges that they face. Well-informed assessments lead to detailed care and support plans, and these are regularly reviewed with input from the children and their parents.

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outstanding

There is a deep-rooted ethos of treating children with dignity and respect. This extends to all aspects of their care, including assistance with daily living and help to express how they are feeling. The staff team’s deep understanding of the importance of sensitive, individualised support for the children is impressive.

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outstanding

A skilled healthcare team is focused on improving health outcomes for children. Healthcare professionals provide expert input into children’s plans. They also provide good-quality training to the residential staff to ensure that they can competently carry out delegated health tasks.

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outstanding

Children’s success is recognised and celebrated. One child has introduced the mantra, ‘live your best life’. Staff promote this and go to great lengths to help children to achieve the goals that are important to them. Examples of remarkable achievements include a child who has represented the school in a swimming gala, and another child who has played boccia for Great Britain.

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outstanding

Many children go on to live independently and attend college or university when they leave the school, others are successful in achieving their aspirations of moving into supported living or small group living environments. Staff play a key role in promoting diversity. They advocate strongly for children to ensure that they can access the support and resources that they need.

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outstanding

Staff stay in contact with children when they leave the school. This gives children a sense of the importance of building and maintaining meaningful, trusting relationships.

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outstanding

There is a culture of openness, which contributes to children’s safety and their sense of security. The protocol for reporting safeguarding concerns is used to excellent effect. Incidents are reported to external safeguarding professionals without delay. Inspection report for residential special school - Treloar School 3 Residential staff undergo intensive training to ensure that they are competent in all aspects of the medication administration process. Record-keeping arrangements for medicines are excellent. Managers complete regular medication audits. These measures reduce the risk of medication errors.

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outstanding

Staff are adept at noticing changes in children’s presentation and behaviour. They recognise that those changes may indicate that children need additional help and advice, for example, from the school counselling service.

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outstanding

Children have control of their own electric wheelchairs, so any incidents of staff physically redirecting a child in a wheelchair are considered as physical restraint. Each incident is reviewed to check that the intervention is appropriate and proportionate. Children and staff are involved in the review. Learning is used to identify ways to reduce the risk of further incidents occurring.

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outstanding

Safer recruitment practices are understood and implemented effectively. All necessary checks are in place to ensure that children are protected from unsuitable people working in the school.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Leaders are fully involved in the children’s lives. They are very clear about the progress that they are making and have high aspirations for what they can achieve. They work closely with other professionals and take effective action if plans need to change. Children are flourishing as a result.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Leaders ensure that residential staff receive extensive training, which equips them to meet the specific needs of the children who they are looking after.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Residential staff speak very highly of the support that they receive from managers. Retention rates and staff morale are high. Feeling valued and respected enables staff to give high-quality care to children.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Leaders ensure that their learning is shared widely, including at specialist conventions, public speeches, and parents’ groups. This enables children from both within and outside the school to benefit from innovative practice, particularly in relation to the use of technology to enhance the quality of care that children receive.

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The effectiveness of leaders and managers: outstanding

Leaders’ oversight and scrutiny of the home are extremely thorough. As a result, they have an exceptionally well-rounded view of the experiences of the children and the impact that the care is having on their outcomes. There is an embedded culture of welcoming feedback from external sources. When a recent fire survey highlighted some shortfalls, leaders took swift and decisive action to ensure the safety of children. Inspection report for residential special school - Treloar School 4

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Information about this inspection

Inspectors have looked closely at the experiences and progress of children and young people using the social care common inspection framework. This inspection was carried out under the Children Act 1989 to assess the effectiveness of the service, how it meets the core functions of the service as set out in legislation, and to consider how well it complies with the national minimum standards. Inspection report for residential special school - Treloar School 5

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Residential special school details

Social care unique reference number: SC012024

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Residential special school details

Headteacher/teacher in charge: Martin Ingram

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Residential special school details

Type of school: Residential Special School

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Residential special school details

Email address: Martin.ingram@treloar.org.uk

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Inspector

Matt Nicholls, Social Care Inspector Inspection report for residential special school - Treloar School 6 to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children’s social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for children looked after, safeguarding and child protection.

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