Residential care for children

Please visit the Kyloe House page for further information about the home and available vacancies.

• Phone: 01670 785 900
• Email: kyloe.house@northumberland.gov.uk 
• Registered manager: Julie Tinkler

Coanwood, in Cramlington, provides residential care for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties. The home provides placements for up to four young people of either gender.

The age range on admission is 10 to 15, with young people living in the home up to the age of 17. The length of the placement depends on meeting the identified care plan and ongoing needs of the young person.

The home is a smaller community children’s home, which offers an improved family-style living experience.

Coanwood endeavours to provide a safe environment for all residents, meeting their requirements through individually tailored packages, addressing their presenting risks and/or social needs.

Useful information on Coanwood
Please click the links below for full contact details and to find out more about Coanwood:
Coanwood statement of purpose
Coanwood parent / carer handbook
Coanwood young person handbook

Placements within Coanwood are exclusively for Northumberland children and young people.

• Phone: 01670 623146
• Email: childrens.residential@northumberland.gov.uk
• Registered manager: Sue Harvey

Phoenix House is located on the St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy Campus, Bedlington.

Phoenix House provides placements for three young people between 10 to 15 on admission. The length of the placement depends on meeting the identified care plan and ongoing needs of the young person.

The home is a smaller community children’s home, which offers an improved family style living experience for young people.

Phoenix House endeavours to provide a safe environment for its residents, meeting their requirements to address their presenting risks and/or social needs.

Please click the link below for full contact details and to find out more about Phoenix House:

• Phoenix House statement of purpose.

Placements within Phoenix House are exclusively for Northumberland children and young people.

• Phone: 01670  620207
• Email: childrens.residential@northumberland.gov.uk
• Registered manager: Stephanie Scott 

Thorndale House children’s home is situated in a residential street, close to the amenities of the market town of Alnwick. It provides accommodation for up to four children, between the ages of six to twelve on admission, who have had considerable trauma in their early years.

Young people live in the home up to the age of seventeen. Thorndale House provides a positive care environment which is based on a “good parenting” and social learning theory to meet the needs of young children.

Useful information on Thorndale
Please click the links below for full contact details and to find out more about Thorndale:

• Thorndale House statement of purpose
• Thorndale House staff handbook
• Thorndale House young person's handbook

Placements within Thorndale are exclusively for Northumberland children and young people.

• Phone: 01670 620494
• Email: childrens.residential@northumberland.gov.uk
• Registered manager: Eileen Gray 

Barndale short-break service uses the residential accommodation of Barndale School.  The facility is situated in the market town of Alnwick, approximately 20 miles from Newcastle.

The service provides a short-break resource for up to six young people at a time, providing a service for more than 20 children in total. Those using the service are aged between six and 17 years old and may have a moderate to severe learning disability. 

Due to the structure of the building, Barndale short-break service is unable to provide a service to those with a physical disability. However, there is a lower floor day care service with wheelchair access open twice a month.
 
The service is open for 44 weekends of the year and some school holidays. Referrals to the scheme are via the disabled children’s team.

Please click the links below for full contact details and to find out more about Barndale short break service:

Useful documents:

• Barndale statement of purpose
• Barndale young people's guide
• Barndale parent and carer guide
• Barndale closure dates
• Barndale anti bullying policy

All Ofsted inspection reports:

• Link to the Barndale Short Break Ofsted inspection reports page