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- A Very Special School
- Residential Care | Children and Young People
- Aquamovers
- Holiday Club
- Short Breaks for Children and Young People
- Patchwork Farm
- Hippotherapy and Therapeutic Riding
- Residential Care for Adults | Futures
- Leisure and Skills Centre | LSC
- The Hub
- Patchwork Farm
- Short Breaks for Young Adults
- Leadership Team
- Our NHS Partnership
- Governance
- Policies
- Safeguarding
- The Chailey Charter
- Our History
- Relationship and Sex Education Training
- Discover Magazine
- Annual Reports and Accounts
- Transition: Moving on
- Chailey Heritage Information & Parent/Carer Support
- Jewell Trust Family Liaison Worker
- Onsite Accommodation For Families
- Assistive Technology at the LSC
- Seymour Bonfire Celebrations
- Art with Eleanor 🎨
- Trustees’ Week 4-8 November
- Bluebell Railway Trip
- Jumbo Ensemble celebrations!
- Walker Friends
- Max's South Bath Sessions
- Buddy the therapy dog
- Jumbo Ensemble Thank you - Makaton video
- Jumbo Ensemble - Felicity
- Carers Week 2024
- National Volunteers' Week 2024
- Old Scholars’ Day 2024
- Transition to Adult Services Breakfast Morning
- Chailey Heritage Foundation leads at Linden Lodge School Transition Fair
- Easter Holiday Club 2024
- Chailey Heritage Foundation's Paula Marten on Transition to Adult Services
- Makaton Song - Proud
- Chailey Heritage at Transition to Adult Services Conference
- Partners in Care – how a career with Chailey Heritage changes young lives
- Lunchtime at Chailey Heritage Foundation
- Celebrating Strengths: Raising Awareness of Cerebral Palsy
- Hats galore for Woolly Hat Wednesday
- Exciting New Year’s INSET for Chailey staff – ‘Don’t Call Me Mum’.
- Chailey Heritage Individual Learner Driven (CHILD) Curriculum
- Developing Effective Communication
- Developing Independence Through Powered Mobility
- Becoming a Pupil
- One-Off Donation
- Regular Giving
- Gifts in Wills
- Gifts in Memory
- Gifts In Kind
- Shopping and recycling
- Sponsor an Animal
- Payroll Giving
- Meeting the Children's Health and Therapy Needs
Meeting the Children's Health and Therapy Needs
Our unique on-site partnership with Chailey Clinical Services of Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust allows therapy to be integral to every child’s timetable. Therapists lead individual and small group sessions and provide in-class support and training to class staff. Therapists and specialist engineers are on hand to address altered and changing physical and postural needs.
The Chailey Clinical Services Team include:
- Physiotherapists
- Speech & Language Therapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Nursing Team
- Consultant Paediatrician in Neurodisability
- Over 30 specialist outpatient clinics
- Dietitian
- Rehabilitation Engineering Services
Therapy is integrated throughout the child's school day, supporting and enhancing their learning. Collaborative planning means that personal therapy and learning outcomes can often be achieved at the same time. Teachers and therapists work together to devise individual programmes and ‘next steps’ which can be incorporated into meaningful and fun activities.
Learning does not stop when care needs arise. Engaging individuals in aspects of eating, drinking and other personal care is an integral part of each young person’s day. At the same time, important communicative, social, physical and even literacy and numeracy skills are developed in these everyday functional contexts. The class teams work closely with lunchtime and care staff to model and share ideas to maximise opportunities for developing each young person’s holistic ‘next steps’.
Dedicated & Passionate Staff
It is no surprise that a lot of staff and volunteers at Chailey Heritage Foundation stay with us for many years. With excellent teamwork and inspirational young people to work with, there is a real sense of making a difference and belonging to something very special.
Staff Expertise
We provide staff with a comprehensive rolling programme of specialist training and updates. We are committed to developing our practices in line with the very latest research and technological advancements.
Our Pupils' Stories
13-year-old Charlotte is a determined, kind, and thoughtful young person.
Seth Seth is 6 years old and has been at school at Chailey Heritage Foundation since ... James James has been developing his concentration skills by caring for the animals at ... Jacob Jacob is 18 years-old and has been attending Chailey Heritage Foundation si... Bertie Bertie is six years old and started school at Chailey Heritage Foundation in Nov... Harriet Harriet has been developing her communication skills during her visits to Patchw...
