Peter Pan Centre

Founded as a playgroup for disabled children in 1969, we are devoted to giving children with special educational needs the best start in life and their families the support they deserve by:

1. Providing exceptional care, support and education to enable children to make rapid progress towards learning, life skills and independence
2. Supporting families to meet their children’s needs and provide parent carers them with respite
3. Liaising with health, education and social welfare professionals to ensure a coordinated package of support and consistency of care throughout the early years
4. Working hard to help children transition successfully to school

We were awarded Outstanding for the fourth consecutive time at our most recent Ofsted inspection in August 2022.

We support children with a variety of needs and disabilities, from conditions such as Down's syndrome and autism to children with medical requirements, or those who have no formal diagnosis but have a complex collection of needs and symptoms

Our Education, Care and Development Sessions for 0-5 year-olds follow the Early Years Foundation Stage.  We have high ratios of adults to children, usually 1:1 or 1:2, as we tailor our service to each child’s individual needs. Our sessions provide children with opportunities to explore and experiment through play, which includes structured group and 1:1 activities and unstructured free play. Learning through play promotes child development and it is through play that children develop their imagination and creativity. Our sessions aim to give every child with an additional need the best early support to enable them to continue their journey into education, whether that is mainstream or special.

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The Peter Pan Centre is a purpose-built building, is all on one-level and is fully accessible. Our specialist equipment/resources include:

• Two playrooms
• A sensory room with an interactive floor projector
• An outside play area and a sensory garden
• A hoist throughout
• A range of specialist equipment including walking frames, standing frames and seating
• Parents' room
• Changing bed

Our Special Needs experience:

SENCO staff
Autism spectrum
Speech & Language Difficulties
Medical Disabilities
Physical difficulty
Hearing or Visual Impairment
Learning difficulties
Communication support (Makaton, British Sign Language etc)
Toileting Difficulties
Emotional, behavioural and social difficulties

Our Early Years team is hugely experienced in supporting children with special educational needs, with some qualified to degree level, and others with a relevant childcare qualification with specialist training in communication methods such as picture exchange and Makaton, sensory integration, physiotherapy, specific medical training and more.