The staff of Crofton House are often asked “What do you do over there?” and “Who are the Staff?”  So finally, here and now we attempt to answer them.

Crofton House is a unit for Students of all age groups who are referred because they cannot (for one reason or another) work in mainstream lessons and therefore come to Crofton for a specified term after a formal referral sanctioned by Ms. Jane Phillips,Mrs. Di Rushton and Mrs. Peggy Seddon.

The students’ school day begins with breakfast because many of our students do not have it at home, it also facilitates social skills and provides that much needed time to speak with each other before work begins.

Crofton adopts the same timetable as the main school delivering 6 lessons per day and runs to the same break and lunch times.
The core subjects are continued in the unit along with Literacy and Numeracy alongside a wide range of other lessons including Art, Music, Art Therapy, Bronze Ingot Awards in IT etc.  Crofton Staff try where possible to incorporate some form of Physical Education where space allows and we have been known to provide Cookery lessons, occasionally (particularly at Christmas) staff are invited to taste their creations.

Art Therapy and Tracking are offered to students with parental permission to aid student well-being.  Particular emphasis is made to student behaviour and in to teaching the respect agenda that Westlands adopts.  Punctuality and hard work and achievement are Crofton’s prime targets.

The Staff of Crofton House are as follows:
Ms. Jane Phillips
Mr. Pete Hutchins
Ms. Tricia Furse
Ms. Cathy Tombs
Mrs.  Emma Nixon
Headed by Mrs. Di Rushton

Internal Exclusion is also incorporated in Crofton House and is managed by Mrs. Di Rushton, Mrs. Ali Meadows and Mr. Gary Stevenson