The Link School specialises in meeting the needs of students who have Speech, Language and Communication difficulties and provides placements for students from a wide range of local authorities.
This section provides key information including how the school spends the funding it receives, its policies and procedures, how students perform in exams and assessment, inspection information and the schools self-evaluation.
Our small special school values all our learners equally, recognising their individual strengths, barriers and aspirations. It provides a calm and nurturing environment in which to flourish.
View PageStudents at The Link School often choose to stay on after their Year 11 studies and join our Sixth Form in order to prepare for their adult lives. We also welcome students from other schools who meet our admission criteria.
View PageMental Health Hub is OHC&AT’s ‘one stop shop’ for mental health support and wellbeing.
All OHC&AT schools and the College have a bespoke online portal that holds information and resources that staff can access to support children and young people, their parents/carers and families as well as the wider community. Staff are supported in their professional development in mental health and each provision has a dedicated Senior Mental Health Leader. Mental health resources, training and signposting are unique to the needs of the school/college particular provision and the geographic location.
OHC&AT realises that our staff need to be the very best they can be in order to provide high quality education and support to our pupils and students. This includes being mentally fit and healthy. OHC&AT appreciates the ‘cost of caring’ and the need for staff to have time to process and reflect upon their work.
Clinical supervision is recognised as an important component for staff mental health and professional development and OHC&AT provides access to frequent clinical supervision, enabling staff to be able to reflect upon their work and have the opportunity to process information that may be impacting on their emotional and mental health. This is delivered remotely, 1:1 or in small groups, by highly experienced clinical psychologists, forensic psychologists, and counselling psychologists registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council.
Our schools and college centres work with clinical practitioners to support pupils, students and families when more immediate support and high level intervention is required. The service does not seek to replace the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), but ensures timely additional support and guidance can be sought.
For further enquiries about our Mental Health Hub contact us on 0345 402 0453 or email enquiries@ohcat.org
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