Mo Mowlam Academy?is a Special Academy for students aged 5-16 with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties. All of our students have an EHCP. We are a team of dedicated professionals who feel passionate about improving life chances for young people, enabling them to be successful and fulfil their potential. We strive to deliver a personalised curriculum which supports and challenges young people to be the best they can. We work with families and teams around the family to identify targets and deliver a bespoke package of therapeutic support and targeted interventions to prepare students for the next phase in education, training or employment. We aim to motivate and inspire young people so they aim high. The school joined the Skills Builder Accelerator programme in September 2023 as it was seen as an effective tool to support students in their emotional development alongside the Thrive programme that is already established within school. It was also seen as a useful tool in supporting the Career related activities within school, including 1:1 guidance sessions.
The Skills Builder framework has allowed the students to become more aware of the essential skills and they are beginning to recognise when they can use them and how they make things easier. During the Tees Valley SEND Enterprise Challenge, one of the students identified that they were able to solve the problem easier when they worked together as a team.
