west specialist inclusive learning centre
Yorkshire
It is a huge pleasure and privilege to welcome you to West Specialist Inclusive
Learning Centre (SILC). We are a community special school, under the
organisation of Leeds City Council. We have 242 learners on roll. The SILC
welcomes learners who are aged between 2-19 years with an EHCP which is generic
in classification. I am extremely proud to lead a school that caters for a wide
range of Special Educational Needs in a truly bespoke and individual manner. Our
pupils have varying needs such as CMLN (Complex and Multiple Learning Needs),
moderate or severe learning difficulties, social, emotional mental health needs
(SEMH) or autism. Everything we do at West SILC is based around the individual
and their needs, offering them specific environments at one of our 5 sites is
key to being inclusive and individual. Our pupils grow in all aspects of their
lives through their time spent with us and leave us as more confident,
independent and happy young people ready to access the next stage of their
lives. The relationships our staff have with our pupils and their families is at
the core of all the work we do, we recognise that the work we do is not solely
based in the classroom or at school and it is a lifelong learning journey we are
support our young people on. The school has a governing body which supports and
challenges the Principal to guide the future direction of the school. West SILC
is a regional centre of excellence for the MOVE programme, which supports our
learners with physical disabilities to develop functional skills for everyday
life – sitting, standing and for some, even walking. We provide outreach to
other schools to develop these programmes.
