Residential Care: Pastoral Care
Most pupils coming to Moor House School have encountered many problems on account of their speech and language disorders. Impaired speech and language may have attracted teasing and even bullying; a keen sense of inadequacy is likely to have developed as a consequence of failure to keep up with classmates in previous schools. Moor House pupils develop confidence when working in social skills groups and some participate in groups to develop their self-esteem.
It is a happy fact that the vast majority of new learners settle in quickly and soon begin to make progress, not only in speech, language, communication and academically, but also in their social and emotional development. All staff at Moor House are conversant with the learners' problems and take a share in pastoral care. The fact that learners settle quickly and happily is in no small part due to the expert care given to them by their residential care workers. At nighttime the children are supervised by waking night staff. Child protection is an essential part of our work and all staff receive training in this area.