Breckenbrough School

Breckenbrough School is a special educational needs residential school for boys which has established success in supporting pupils with a variety of conditions including autistic spectrum disorders, Asperger's 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, autistic spectrum disorders and Asperger's syndrome, will be able to establish themselves within society, educational institutions and work after leaving the school.