The Ryes is an independent special school and community offering a unique service of 52 week care and education to young people from the age of seven. It has been approved since 1984 under the 1981 Education Act.
The main house forms the nucleus of a community based social and educational provision. The Ryes has a number of cluster houses run by small teams of care staff where the developing child can experience living in a stable, family sized group in the community, where integration can be developed most naturally. Unity House, an adolescent unit in the local town, provides transitional semi-independent living accommodation, education and support for those approaching school leaving age and upwards.
At The Ryes we seek to effect a progressive and continuing therapeutic behaviour change in damaged, disturbed and seriously under-functioning children. We are committed to offering the children the highest standards of care and education and we provide a happy, caring and constructive environment in which children with complex problems and histories can achieve their potential, learn to value themselves and others and grow towards independent living.
We address the needs of the whole child through a balance of behavioural, cognitive and psychotherapeutic techniques and through an unusually high staff to child ratio.
