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At David Lewis we pride ourselves on the quality of our accommodation. Ranging from highly supported environments, to houses that promote increasing levels of independence in the skills of daily living and personal care. Our residences provide pleasant and appropriate living environments which are conducive to learning.

Our lovely setting has a village-like feel to it, and there is a real sense of community too - offering you space, freedom and security.

Our School and College learners have access to a range of accommodation, ranging from cosy modern houses to elegant, older, larger houses with high ceilings. The accommodation provides a range of environments including those which offer low stimulus, others that offer high levels of structure and further houses which offer a typical student 'Halls of Residence' feel. Some offer lots of space, others are modelled on a family home. Our largest single residential house has eight bedrooms and our smallest, two bedrooms.

Every residential learner has their own bedroom. Some accommodation provides en-suite facilities, whilst in others, people share facilities. And every house has waking night staff.

All houses provide communal lounges with TVs, kitchens and dining areas. Our residential facilities and services include individualised personal care equipment, WiFi and Skype telephone access and specialist technologies with some providing adapted rooms and sensory rooms. There is always a great atmosphere and lots to do.

Extended curriculum time focuses on developing lifeskills, social communication and interaction skills - with a full programme of social, leisure and creative activities.

Our fleet of accessible minibuses are in high demand to support the wealth of activities taking place every day.

All our accommodation is registered and inspected by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Residential learners are able to access all our onsite facilities each evening and at weekends. The swimming pool and other sports facilities are open 7 days per week, even during holiday times. The "David Lewis Local" shop sells a range of products and is open every week day.

We encourage every learner to open their own account in a high street bank or building society, however we operate our own on site "bank" which opens every weekday, providing learners with access to their own money and opportunities to develop money management skills. Financial policies and processes are in place to ensure learners´ personal money is well managed and safe.

Adaptable Residences

We take great care when planning of the use of our diverse range of accommodation, so that each learner has an appropriate peer group in an appropriate house. Our residential units are adaptable to our changing learner population with some accommodation specifically designed for individuals with mobility impairments.