Firstly, I would like to warmly welcome you and your family to RISE.
We have designed this website to give you a feel for the provision we offer and demonstrate how we value the individual, provide a bespoke curriculum, and accelerate learning by nurturing happiness, wellbeing, and aspiration. We hope your visit to our website will fully explain our ethos and mission but to fully appreciate all that we have to offer at RISE, I recommend that you arrange a visit to experience what we do for yourselves.

RISE does things differently to ensure that the individual and collective needs of the students are met; in such a way to maximise confidence, skill sets and independence to access the community and prepare for working life. Young people are fostered academically, socially, emotionally, and physically through an innovative, fun, and functional curriculum and environment. Everything we do has purpose.

We particularly value wellbeing, recognising that when we have good levels of wellbeing, we are better balanced and we cope well. We are more motivated and engaged, we are more resilient. We are able to deal more effectively with the daily challenges of life and bounce back from life’s hurdles.

We believe that empowerment for the young person is key, to give them an understanding of the world and what is available to them and to offer the support, structure, and resources to access it. We want the young person to make informed decisions based on experiences that we provide them with. We want all of our young people to use us as a launch pad to lifelong participation in things that bring them pleasure, excitement, and fulfilment. We can help find those benefits and harness new skills that allow the young person to be who they want to be and to help them reach their goals.

Transitioning from childhood to adulthood is a daunting prospect for both young person and parent/carers. We also are aware that the SEND pathway undertaken thus far will have been a challenging and exhausting one and the prospect of another change is worrying. We hope you will feel supported during the changes that need to be managed at this time and we are here to support that process for all.

We look forward to welcoming you and your family to the RISE SPACE community.