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Providing support for ordinary living
Seashell is dedicated to providing a creative, happy, and safe environment for children and young people with complex learning difficulties and additional communication needs.
We offer a holistic approach with Seashell Royal School Manchester, Royal College Manchester, and our 17 home-from-home care houses, to provide a safe, supported environment. Our special needs residential schools provide the best facilities and equipment, including sports, health, and well–being. Additionally, our facilities for special needs students provide many different ways for our students to explore their creativity, artistic pursuits and physicality.
Seashell focuses on the extended family that cares for each one of our students and residents. We understand the difference that can be made to all those connected lives, that is why we strive to include the whole family and the wider community in the life experience of our children and young people.
Our School
Royal School Manchester is a day and residential, non-maintained special school that offers outstanding provision in supporting people with learning difficulties for students aged from 2-19 years.
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Royal College Manchester is an independent specialist further education college, designed for supporting young people with learning difficulties, disabilities, complex health needs and autism. Accommodating students aged between 19-25 years. It offers placements for both day and residential students.
Find Out MoreOur Homes
We have 17 home-from-home, four-bedroomed houses for children and young people with complex learning difficulties who need residential support. We can provide 24-hour care, weekly and termly boarding, and comprehensive 52-week placement for individuals aged 3-25 years.
We also offer individual packages of respite care for children with special needs. Residents can come from anywhere across the UK and do not have to be students at Seashell to enjoy a short break.
Therapy and Nursing
Our team of on-site therapists, nursing staff, and behaviour support specialists work collaboratively alongside education and residential care teams to ensure all children and young people are supported to achieve their best lives.
Find Out MoreFamily Services
We offer families a comprehensive package of support for ordinary living from day one of their journey with us. We have accommodation on-site so that parents and siblings can stay close and in touch, and there is staff support to ensure the whole family can enjoy quality time together.
Find Out MoreSeashell Active
Our sports, physical activity, and wellbeing teams form a vital part of Seashell, offering a wide range of health, well-being and leisure activities for our students, staff, and the wider community. We have a wide range of sports facilities available for use by our community, including our 3G sports pitch.
Find Out MoreExternal Services
We offer a comprehensive range of specialist training and support to SEND children and young adults aged 0 to 25 and their families as well as to professional in the sector, including schools, colleges and other settings locally, regionally and nationally. While supporting people with learning disabilities, we help promote the positive inclusion of children and young people with special educational needs and complex learning disabilities.
Nurseries, schools and colleges from across the UK now have the ability to meet more complex needs, and ultimately improve outcomes for children and young people through more effective early intervention and targeted support for ordinary living.
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