Dan Y Coed Home

With our bright modern home located on the same site as the school, Dan y Coed offers a wide range of learning and living options. Accommodation can be offered on a part-time or full time basis. We offer weekly boarding where children can return home every weekend, a term-time only option or a full time 52 week living arrangement.

Our stunning interior-designed home at Dan y Coed is a series of four flats. Flats are bright and spacious, each with two lounges, a kitchen and dining area, so plenty of communal space for spending time with friends, and each with bedrooms for five children. Children are encouraged to get creative and put their personal stamp on their own space, bringing as much or as little from their home as they like.

At Dan y Coed children are supported to socialise and meet lifelong friends in a safe and nurturing environment where children have access to a peer group, where they can learn, make mistakes, practice and ultimately succeed.

Located beside the golden curve of Swansea Bay, minutes from the sandy beaches of the Gower, and Swansea’s vibrant city centre, there is a wealth of after-school options for our children here.

At Dan y Coed our mission is to provide friendly and nurturing learning and living environments that inspire confidence and self-esteem, encouraging children to develop into independent, active and valued members of society as they become young people and adults.

By blending education with modern living and a therapeutic approach to care, children develop a positive self-image, learning how to make positive choices and maintain their health and wellbeing.

Learning that extends from school into the living environment serves to reinforce independence and life skills throughout the waking day, in education, in the home and in the community. For children at Dan y Coed, the world is one big classroom and an infinite source of both practical and inspirational learning opportunities.

Children at Dan y Coed have a voice and are listened to. They are encouraged to directly shape their own learning and living experiences.

Before it was a school and home for children with autism, Dan y Coed had been an outdoor pursuits and activity centre for many years. Purchased from Swansea Council in February 2017, Orbis completely re-designed and re-modelled the site, and the state-of-the-art school was first to open its doors in November 2017.

Work continued apace and in May 2019 we were joined by Swansea City FC legends and ambassadors Lee Trundle and Leon Britton, who officially unveiled our stunning interior-designed home.

Being located so close to the Gower, this means that we are able to take full advantage of the area’s beautiful natural surroundings to enhance the learning and extra-curricular experience. Many of our children love to be out in the open and what better playground than the miles of sandy beaches that curve around Swansea Bay.

The education and care teams combine with our creative in-house therapy specialists, including Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Positive Behaviour Support practitioners. Many of our children both live and learn on the same site, thus benefitting greatly from our blended 24-hour waking curriculum of education and care.

Maintaining contact with families is of paramount importance and of course we welcome visits on a pre-arranged basis. Indeed, we ask that family visits are planned so that we can ensure that children are prepared for visits and possible changes to their routines.

Our after-school curriculum is positively teeming with ideas and options. In fact, the range of options is almost as broad as the children’s interests.

With both the coast and the city on our doorstep we have a great number of museums, parks, walks, castles and beaches to choose from, all within a few miles of Dan y Coed. Swansea is a young city with a large student population. It is perfect for a day out spent shopping or taking in a film, going for a meal or watching a theatre performance or other live event including sporting fixtures.

Onsite activities include health and wellbeing events run by the therapies team. The Eco Forum may get together to discuss the environment, the school or home, or children may decide to hang out in the on-site play area with its swings and trampoline.

The home is also the perfect environment in which to practice life skills learned during the school day. Children are supported to learn tasks and personal care in the home, and can be provided with evening timetables and schedules, work schedules, signs and symbols to help them maintain their routine.

Our stunning interior-designed home at Dan y Coed is presented as a series of four flats. Each flat is bright and spacious, each with two lounges, a kitchen and dining area, so plenty of communal space for spending time with friends. Each also has bedrooms for up to five children.

Children are encouraged to get creative and put their own personal stamp on their space, bringing as much or as little from their home as they like, and turning the room into an extension of their personality and identity.

At Dan y Coed children are supported to socialise and meet lifelong friends in a safe and nurturing environment where children have access to a peer group, where they can learn, make mistakes, practice and ultimately succeed. The bright spacious layout of Dan y Coed’s home is such that children have plenty of options and spaces in which to be together, whilst also having the option to have privacy and quiet time.