One Year On For The Rainbow Hub

One Year On For The Rainbow Hub

A donation from the Wain Foundation has enabled the construction of a purpose-built specialist school in West Lancashire.

The Rainbow Hub School in Mawdesley was developed for children with special educational needs due to physical and neurological disabilities. Just two months after the first pupils enrolled last September, it was rated ‘outstanding’ by OFSTED inspectors.

The school builds on the success of the charity’s nursery school and therapy centre and is initially offering places to children aged four to 11 years. There are currently seven children attending with space for a further 25 places following approval from Department for Education and this will later extend to offer places for young people up to 16 years.

 

It has been developed for children with physical/neurological disabilities whose families struggle to find an environment that can meet their physical, social and learning needs. 

The school has four classrooms, a multi-purpose hall, two additional therapy rooms, accessible life skills kitchen, outdoor classroom, new meeting spaces and a dedicated parent/carers room. 

Solar panels and air source heat pumps with mechanical heating ensure a constant temperature.

Designed in neutral colours for a calming effect, all education and therapy rooms have an H track ceiling hoist and classrooms contain both education and therapy equipment making them multi-purpose.

Lyndsay Fahey, CEO, Rainbow Hub, said: “We started with a dream to provide a unique education and therapy centre and the donation from the Wain Foundation was a remarkable act of kindness for which we will be forever grateful.  

“This development will allow us to extend the good work we already do in conductive education and our specialist nursery. It will allow us to provide support to children who may sometimes be over-looked but deserve every opportunity to become as independent as possible."

Bill Ainscough, Chair of the Wain Foundation, said: “The work done at the Hub, the opportunities it offers children, and the support provided for parents are exceptional. It is wonderful to see that the foundation's donation has made such a huge impact on the school’s ability to care for more children.”

www.rainbowhub.org