Our aim

We aim to enhance physical, personal, spiritual and educational development and well-being by taking into account the individual needs of all people working in the school environment. This supports the Every Child Matters agenda which is to ensure that:

1. Every pupil enjoys good health and a healthy lifestyle.
2. The welfare of every pupil is safeguarded and they know how to stay safe.
3. Pupils enjoy and make good progress in learning, leisure and personal development.
4. Every pupil makes a positive contribution to society by joining in, taking responsibility and playing a productive part in the community.
5. Pupils enjoy social and economic well-being so that they have a good start in life and are able to achieve their full potential and, where possible, secure employment.

By working together as a multi-disciplinary team in partnership with pupils, parents, mainstream schools and Education Leeds, the school aims to provide a holistic approach to learning. In January 2005 all special schools in Leeds began the change from being a special school to a Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre (SILC).
The SILC's strategic aims are to:

• Provide choice to parents by maintaining specialist provision (special school) in centres of excellence for children and young people with more complex needs.
• Develop the capacity of mainstream schools to successfully include and provide appropriate learning and personal development programmes for children and young people with a wide range of individual needs.
• Work in partnership with schools, other agencies and services to improve and develop services and provision to benefit children and young people with special needs.

There are 5 wedge based generic Specialist Inclusive Learning Centres across the City and due to its location John Jamieson is referred to as the East SILC.