Safeguarding Team
We are currently closed for half term. We open again on Monday 3rd November 2025. If you have any safeguarding concerns you wish to raise urgently, please contact as follows:-
Monday 27th October – Wednesday 29th October
Rebecca Hull rebecca.hull@enhancedlearningservices.co.uk 07918830368
Wednesday 29th October – Friday 31st October
Nigel Troop nigelt@enhancedlearningservices.co.uk 07788316559
Designated Safeguarding Lead:
Jemma Latham jemma.latham@enhancedlearningservices.co.uk
Deputy Designated Safeguarding:
- Nigel Troop DDSL nigelt@enhancedlearningservices.co.uk
- Rebecca Hull DDSL The Hive rebecca.hull@enhancedlearningservices.co.uk
- Fiona Ellis DDSL The Ark fiona.ellis@enhancedlearningservices.co.uk
- Kim Rose DDSL The Farm kimberley.rose@enhancedlearningservices.co.uk
For any other information please contact our Headteacher Ben Coombes on 07551 057828/ ben.coombes@enhancedlearningservices.co.uk
To report a student absence please email attendancewls@wessexlodgeschool.co.uk before 8am if at all possible.
We are an Ofsted graded GOOD school and are proud to be named as a Thrive School of Excellence and a Trauma Informed school, with all staff specifically trained in these areas. We are an independent SEMH school offering an individualised education to improve life outcomes.
Our team of staff provide highly specialised education provision and support to students who have complex needs. Our school runs across three sites, the Ark in Frome and Newmead Farm in Maiden Bradley & our new Primary School site in Kilmington.
We are passionate about providing excellent, bespoke education and opportunities for our students. Our four pillar goals are CARE – care, adaptability, resilience and empathy; through these we develop our students social, moral, spiritual and cultural skills, and add to this academic achievement, developing our young people so that they can secure, safe and contributing members of society.
Thrive (therapeutic and restorative approach to emotional and social development) underpins our entire curriculum and everything we do is Trauma Informed. Students thrive and progress in our school, and their attainment, engagement and progress is significantly higher in comparison to previous placements, as recognised by OFSTED. We are extremely proud of our school, our students and our amazing staff.
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We provide high quality, holistic care and learning to improve the lives of children and young people through a proven range of practitioner-led services.
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We aim to provide our students with a safe, caring and nurturing community with clear, consistent boundaries and high expectations. Relationships are at the heart of our approach and are based on sensitive understanding of a young person’s experiences and the areas in which they require more support.
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