What is it?
- A small special school for children aged 5-14.
- Helps those with emotional & mental health difficulties.
- Referrals can come from professionals or parents.
Here's more detail
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Information
We are a leading independent special school with a fully integrated specialist clinical team located in a large Victorian house in Hampstead.
Although we are in a separate building, we are part of the Child, Young Adults and Families mental health service of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
For over 50 years Gloucester House, has pioneered therapeutic educational work with children. We are a very small school working with up to 21 children aged between 5-14 (Ks 1,2 & 3).
- How we work
We provide specialist education and therapeutic CAMHs services for up to 21 primary and early secondary aged children with social, emotional and mental health difficulties. All of our children currently have Education, Health and Care Plans.
- How we teach
Our aim is to plan a curriculum which ensures progression and continuity in learning for both groups and individuals. Children come to Gloucester House with varying levels of knowledge, skills and understanding, children are grouped according to their emotional, social and academic needs, and move through Gloucester House at varying time scales.
- Our team
Our team is made up of a
headteacher ,child psychotherapists ,specialist nurses , apsychiatrist , experiencedteachers andprogress support workers ,therapeutic support workers , anoccupational therapist ,language and communication therapist and asocial worker .We also have access to
educational psychology andclinical psycholog y from the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. - Our mission
- To be a centre of excellence for therapeutic education.
- To provide a safe and secure environment, to promote the overall development of children with emotional, social and mental health difficulties.
- To help children overcome barriers to learning.
- To make a measurable difference to the lives and well-being of the children and families.
- Our values
- We are passionate about the quality of our work and are always committed to transparency and improvement.
- We embrace diversity and work towards making our service as accessible as possible.
- We recognise the strengths, abilities and needs of children and their families.
- We value flexibility and we offer an individualised, needs led approach.
- We are committed to an integrated multi-disciplinary approach to the treatment of all children and families.
- We strive to empower children to improve their engagement in learning and to realise their potential.
- We nurture and develop self-esteem, emotional resilience, positive social relationships and independence.
- We understand behaviour as a communication and work to develop the children’s ability to understand and express themselves and enable them to self-regulate.
- We are committed to working in partnership and shared decision making with children, families and networks.
- Referral information
Enquiries come from education, CAMHS and social care professionals.
To find out more about how to refer, visit the Gloucester House website.
Contact info
Contact information
Address: The Tavistock Children’s Day Unit, 33 Daleham Gardens, London NW3 5BU
Tel: 0207 794 3353
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