A grant for £7,200 was made to Millstead Primary School in Wavertree in February 2011 for the installation of a sensory trail rail round the school. This was officially opened by Morgan Foundation Administrator, Jane Harris on Tuesday 19th July.

Millstead School has 70 pupils aged between 2 and 11. Children travel from all over Liverpool and are from many different cultures. Each pupil has a statement of Special Educational Needs as a result of them having either a severe or a profound learning diffculty, along with a wide range of additional needs including Autistic Spectrum difficulties, severe sensory impairments, physical impairments including Cerebral Palsy, and profound health needs. A large percentage of pupils require additional attention throughout the day to meet their ongoing physical needs, ranging from chest physiotherapy to gastric feeds and tracheotomy care. The school has a full-time Health Practitioner and an Assistant School Health Practitioner. There is also a team of Physiotherapists as the majority of pupils require skilled physical intervention to help correct posture, allignment and abnormalities of movement and development. A high proportion of pupils benefit from hydrotherapy, which offers marked physiological, therapeutic and psychological benefits for those for whom controlled movement is a struggle.

The Sensory Trail Rail is a continual tactile route which runs along the walls of the school corridors and shared areas. It is a sturdy, user friendly system designed with input from teachers of pupils with multi sensory impairments. It helps pupils, particularly those with visual impairment and or/autistic spectrum disorder, to make sense of the space in which they move and so promotes their independence in negotiating that space. At each break, such as the entrance to a classroom door, there is an information station where the pupil can press a switch and hear a recording telling them where they are. There is also a tactile surface and a picture or symbol.