We have three spacious sites in west London which offer specialist services for children and young people with autism.
Overall we can take up to 100 day students and up to 21 students as weekly boarders or on short breaks.
Secondary school
Our purpose-built secondary school is in a single storey building near Southall surrounded by spacious playgrounds. The specialist classrooms and teaching areas support the delivery of our adapted National Curriculum and therapeutic approaches.
Classrooms include an art studio, ICT suite, food technology teaching kitchen, music building, media and film production centre and design technology workshop. Other key teaching rooms include well resourced English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities and PSHCE rooms. Most classrooms have networked computers and many have interactive whiteboards.
Our secure, newly refurbished playgrounds are divided into four areas. Two have a variety of climbing and play equipment to encourage exploration, problem solving, social interaction and the development of sensory and motor skills. The others have athletics tracks, basketball courts and football pitches. We have the exclusive use of the adjoining fenced Swift Road Sports Facility during term time. This has astroturfed football fields, netball /basketball pitches and indoor changing facilities and a cafe.
We provide a variety of wholesome freshly cooked meals. Older pupils run a school café to provide healthy snacks and money skills experience.
Further Education department
Our Further Education department is on the campus of Acton College in a detached and secure building which provides a safe base for both onsite educational courses and therapies as well as community-based education. The students benefit greatly from being on campus and access facilities and sessions at Acton College with support.
Students also benefit from being in the centre of Acton, with its shops, leisure facilities, parks and transport links.
The atrium at the heart of our department is dramatically decorated with the students’ art. We use this daily for dance, yoga and physical activities, and for termly performances – and it is a natural meeting place for students to gather and to socialise.
Well equipped rooms include the dance and movement studio, the multi-sensory room, the ICT suite, the library and the art studio and the recently refurbished teaching kitchen. The music studio has a wide range of equipment and recording facilities. The transition library has a mass of information about placements, housing and careers to help students and families.
Students eat in our cafeteria and relax in their secluded courtyard and sensory area.