Many pupils start to experience success, where their complex needs have meant they floundered at previous schools. Pupils usually join the school unable to communicate in appropriate or effective ways. They start to learn ways to convey their immediate wants, are enabled to begin to express choices, and sometimes much more. Adults work hard to give pupils ways to have a voice, verbally or otherwise. Where pupils’ complex needs and challenging behaviour have restricted opportunities available to them elsewhere, this school goes out of its way to ‘open doors’. Staff frequently get pupils ‘out and about’, for example to the swimming pool, shops or farm. Adults never stop wanting the best for pupils. They see what each pupil might be capable of and work patiently and determinedly towards it. This is a school of aspiration and positivity. Pupils joining the school often find it difficult to share space. The environment is organised to help pupils feel calm enough to learn. The school helps many pupils find ways to cope near other people and sometimes even enjoy interacting with adults and their peers. Adults help pupils keep safe and develop positive relationships. They successfully tackle behaviour that may upset others.