The Supported Learning Centre in Queen Margaret Academy is a local authority provision for South Ayrshire Council. Our provision provides for up to 52 young people who have a range of complex additional support needs. The staff in SLC are involved in supporting pupils in making academic progress through the school system, as well as promoting the acquisition of social, organisational and independent living skills.
The Queen Margaret Academy Supported Learning Centre is a nurturing environment. We aim to provide all our students with the education they deserve and the nurture they need, in order, they achieve the best possible outcomes, academically and beyond.
The Supported Learning Centre (SLC) provides a bridge between home and school, a warm, welcoming and friendly environment where students feel emotionally safe and secure, but where attending classes within the rest of the school is fully supported. Structures, routines and modelling of positive relationships are essential components of the SLC.
Participating in a wide range of activities within the SLC, with the emphasis on relationships, students will be more able to face the challenges of everyday life, to solve problems and to tackle new experiences. Praise, positive reinforcement and the recognition and celebration of wider achievements are daily occurrences.
Some pupils will, with appropriate support, access parts of the mainstream curriculum, while others may spend more time being taught in the SLC. The children benefit from social integration and inclusion in the community life that mainstream school offers.
