Breckenbrough School
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Breckenbrough School, England
, is a registered charitable trust school with a Quaker (Society of Friends) foundation.
Breckenbrough School is a special educational needs residential school for boys which has established success in supporting pupils with a variety of conditions, including autism spectrum
disorders like Asperger syndrome
, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), ADD
(attention deficit disorder) and BESD (behavioural, emotional and social disorders). Boys with ADHD, ADD and BESD frequently experience great difficulties in mainstream schools, yet are often of above average intelligence and at Breckenbrough School they are helped to achieve their potential, despite their educational, social and emotional problems. The school consistently scores highly on value added tables. It is considered by Ofsted
to be good value for money and to offer generally above average educational and social provision. The CSCI report (the Commission for Social Care Inspection) judged there to be good provision made by the school towards the outcomes listed in Every Child Matters.
Breckenbrough School is a registered charitable trust school with a Quaker (Society of Friends) trusteeship. The school was founded in 1934 by Arthur Fitch,a Quaker psychiatrist. There is a school ethos of peaceful conflict resolution which establishes positive relationships between the staff and boys, allowing the pupils to achieve success in both GCSE examinations and future educational and career placements. A separate 'After Care' charity continues the support and help given to the boys through into later life and from this we know that the majority go on to success. The aim of the school is to ensure that the pupils, having moved towards coping with very difficult behavioural and emotional problems such as BESD, or autistic spectrum disorders like Asperger syndrome, will be able to establish themselves within society, educational institutions and work after leaving the school.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, is a registered charitable trust school with a Quaker (Society of Friends) foundation.
Breckenbrough School is a special educational needs residential school for boys which has established success in supporting pupils with a variety of conditions, including autism spectrum
Autism spectrum
The term "autism spectrum" is often used to describe disorders that are currently classified as pervasive developmental disorders. Pervasive developmental disorders include autism, Asperger syndrome, Childhood disintegrative disorder, Rett syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise...
disorders like Asperger syndrome
Asperger syndrome
Asperger's syndrome that is characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction, alongside restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. It differs from other autism spectrum disorders by its relative preservation of linguistic and cognitive development...
, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), ADD
ADD
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(attention deficit disorder) and BESD (behavioural, emotional and social disorders). Boys with ADHD, ADD and BESD frequently experience great difficulties in mainstream schools, yet are often of above average intelligence and at Breckenbrough School they are helped to achieve their potential, despite their educational, social and emotional problems. The school consistently scores highly on value added tables. It is considered by Ofsted
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
to be good value for money and to offer generally above average educational and social provision. The CSCI report (the Commission for Social Care Inspection) judged there to be good provision made by the school towards the outcomes listed in Every Child Matters.
Breckenbrough School is a registered charitable trust school with a Quaker (Society of Friends) trusteeship. The school was founded in 1934 by Arthur Fitch,a Quaker psychiatrist. There is a school ethos of peaceful conflict resolution which establishes positive relationships between the staff and boys, allowing the pupils to achieve success in both GCSE examinations and future educational and career placements. A separate 'After Care' charity continues the support and help given to the boys through into later life and from this we know that the majority go on to success. The aim of the school is to ensure that the pupils, having moved towards coping with very difficult behavioural and emotional problems such as BESD, or autistic spectrum disorders like Asperger syndrome, will be able to establish themselves within society, educational institutions and work after leaving the school.
Further reading
- Calvert, J. Breckenbrough School - School History. (Pub. 1985). Covers the first 50 years.
- Breckenbrough Papers, 1934 - 1975. (Pub. 1987).
- Knox, Rob 'The 2009 History of Breckenbrough School - Quaker influence in an educational experiment' (Pub. 2009).