Community & Hospital Education Service Ap Academy

CHES Academy is a medical provision academy that provide education for children and young people with complex medical and/or mental health needs which prevent them from attending school. We pride ourselves in providing pupils with access to high quality education, ensuring they are thoroughly prepared for the next stage in their learning journey. Personalisation is the cornerstone of our pedagogy; the curriculum is bespoke and programmes are crafted to meet individual needs which demands a totally flexible and adaptable approach to teaching and learning from all involved.

Our medical provisions provide personalised education through a combination of centre teaching, individual teaching and online learning. CHES has three teaching centres in Cornwall; Glynn House our school base in Truro; our Hospital School room in the Royal Cornwall Hospital and our Education Unit within Sowenna, the adolescent Tier 4 unit in Bodmin. 

Sowenna

In line with Sowenna’s shared values, Sowenna Education provides a safe and nurturing environment steeped in a culture of acceptance, curiosity, empathy and playfulness. Young people, families and staff can expect to feel listened to and have their needs validated and understood. Through trusting relationships the highest quality, evidence based care will aim to promote resilience, inclusion and confidence, to support young people to go on to live their best lives.

We provide a creative, innovative and high quality, fully personalised, bespoke educational package that meets the needs of the individual. Education is developed in partnership with the clinical team in the first instance and then with the young person and their School or College.

The Sowenna education offer has been developed in coordination with the National Association for Hospital Education. The aims of which are: To secure outstanding standards of education for children and young people. To actively promote children and young people’s entitlement to high quality educational opportunities. To raise the standards of education for children and young people who are temporarily or permanently disadvantaged by illness or other medical or mental health condition.