Steam Mills Place
Steam Mills Place, situated in a dedicated and secure area of Cinderford Campus, provides a specialised learning environment tailored to learners with similar needs as those supported at Harbour House. Offering a personalised learning experience, it ensures each student receives the support they need while working towards the same positive outcomes.
With small group sizes of up to 10 learners and a high staff-to-learner ratio, the provision is delivered by a specialist team, including lecturers, support staff, pastoral mentors, communication specialists, and college-to-community leads. Over a 2-3 year period, learners follow a personalised curriculum aligned with their Preparing for Adulthood goals.
Additionally, Steam Mills Place integrates essential care and therapeutic support outlined in each learner’s EHCP, working in partnership with local agencies to ensure holistic development. The ultimate focus is on fostering independence, building confidence, and preparing learners for meaningful transitions into adulthood, including potential employment or volunteering opportunities.
Our Curriculum
Steam Mills Place is a transitional educational setting, supporting students to gain valuable independent skills and striving towards becoming active members of their local community. The Steam Mills Place team works with young people and their families to support the transition into adulthood.
Our college-to-community lead supports transition by hosting Next Steps events, enabling young people to explore life beyond college with our community partners, including independent companies, adult care services, volunteering opportunities, and external support agencies. Our 2 x one-week community experience opportunities allow student to trial some of the wider community group and, where appropriate, expand their opportunities through group/individual volunteering opportunities or work experience.
The student’s voice is at the heart of our provision, and therefore our transition planning is bespoke to individual students and their families. We incorporate the Preparing for Adulthood tools into our planning and delivery of curriculum to aid increased independence.
- Employment
- Independent living
- Community inclusion
- Health
Core Curriculum covers a variety of topics; our highly trained staff tailor the learning to the student’s individual needs by using their start point assessments and tracking progress.
- Managing and maintain nutrition
- Maintaining personal hygiene
- Being appropriately clothed
- Maintaining a habitable home environment
- Developing & maintaining relationships
- Making use of necessary facilities or services in the community including public transport
- Employability skills development
- Math for daily life, with the opportunity where appropriate to take functional skills maths
- English for daily life, with the opportunity where appropriate to take functional skills
- English
All our specialist provision have trained pastoral support workers that can meet with a student on a regular or ad hoc basis for additional wellbeing support.