Rowan Hearing Support Centre at Southfields Academy

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Rowan Hearing Support Centre
Supporting your child, supporting you We
understand that being a parent of a deaf child
carries an enormous sense of responsibility.
Choosing the right secondary school is very
important and moving on may seem quite daunting
for you both.
At Southfields Academy A highly specialist
secondary educational centre for deaf young
people located at Southfields Academy

• We believe that to support your child in
  achieving their potential we need to work in
  close partnership with you.
• Parents at the HSC are a priority and we provide
• Opportunities for parents to develop partnerships
  with us through regular contact
• Parent master classes to support understanding of
  the secondary school curriculum and choices on
  leaving school
• Opportunities for parents to meet each other
• Clear information on how families can support
  their child at home to achieve their learning
  goals
• An open door approach where parents are welcome
  anytime
• What do others say about us?
• First Class support in my lessons. Training was
  helpful and relevant. Mainstream Teacher 2014
• Hearing impaired students make exceptional
  progress because they receive excellent care and
  support. Ofsted 2013
• Could not ask of any better service than that
  provided by this hearing impaired unit.
  Fantastic. Parent 2012
• Contact Us
• Telephone [phone]
• Teacher in charge Elaine Elliott
• Email elliott_at_wandsworthhis.org.uk
• The Rowan Centre Southfields Academy 333 Merton
  Road Southfields
• London SW18 5JU

Providing deaf young people with a gateway to a
successful adult
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The right choice for you and your child The Rowan
Hearing Support Centre (HSC) is a friendly,
vibrant, achievement focused environment where
expectations are high and where students
excel. At Southfields Hearing Support Centre, we
recognise that deaf children and their families
have very individual needs. We base our support
on an in depth understanding of each students
needs and abilities and use this to devise a
personalised and well-resourced programme. We
are confident that as a most highly regarded
and well established provision with outstanding
accommodation and resources, we can provide each
student who comes to us with a launch pad to
lifelong success and self-confidence. Personalised
learning Your child will follow a personalised
curriculum delivered and supported by specialist
teachers of the deaf and teaching assistants.
This includes
Meet the Team Your child will be taught and
supported by our team of dedicated, highly
skilled and very experienced specialist secondary
teachers of the deaf and teaching assistants.
Our Speech and Language Therapist is based in the
Centre for two days a week, providing individual
and small group therapy in partnership with
teaching staff and parents. Your child will also
have access to an Educational Audiologist and
teachers of the deaf who provide the
habilitation for children on a London NHS
Cochlear Implant Programme. The wider team
includes our Educational Psychologist and
Connexions Advisor.
A wealth of opportunities Students in the HSC
take part in a vibrant extra curricular
Enrichment Programme organised by the Hearing
Support Service and sometimes alongside other
deaf students from across the Borough. They
regularly meet together to develop their skills,
confidence, make new friends and enjoy themselves.

• an Individual Learning Programme with short term
  targets identified through in
• -depth assessments, observations, learning
  priorities and discussions with teaching staff,
  your child and yourself.
• weekly individual and small group speech and
  language therapy
• an individual literacy programme to develop
  reading and writing skills
• individual listening and language therapy
• a Personalised Audiological Awareness Programme
  (PAA)
• subject support from teachers of the deaf either
  in mainstream classes or in the Centre
• keeping Deaf Children Safe Programme incorporated
  into the PSHE curriculum delivered in the Centre

• Exciting masterclasses to unleash your childs
  gifts and talent - e.g Maths, Drama Rock
  Climbing
• Sporting competitions representing the Borough-
  e.g The London Youth Games
• Parents support groups
• Parents Education Programme - e.g E-safety
  Supporting your child at secondary school
• Holiday activities with other families - e.g
  Calvert Trust
• Residential trips to extend learning - e.g PGL
  Activity Holidays Ski Trip in Italy
• A library of information and resources on all
  aspects of deafness
• Our Successes
• In recent years, our students have achieved huge
  successes which include

Outstanding facilities and resources Southfields
Academy was one of two Wandsworth schools chosen
as a government funded Building Schools for the
Future programme. There is a high emphasis on
the use of technology to support learning,
develop skills and support communication and
independence.

• University places to read Law, Broadcast Media
  Technology and Business Computing Systems
• College placements to study Interactive Media,
  Childcare, Car Maintenance and Sports Leadership
• Winner of Wandsworth Young Person of the Year
  award for Outstanding Achievement
• Representing Wandsworth at sporting competitions
  including football and cricket
• Representing Wandsworth at the London Youth Games
  and were overall winners 2013

• each room is acoustically treated to the highest
  specification
• information technology is state of the art and
  includes touch screen computers, iPads, video
  cameras, PSPs, netbooks and interactive touch
  screen boards in teaching rooms
• audiological equipment is also the most up to
  date with personal FM systems available for all
  and maintained to an optimum level with available
  spares.