Baston House School

Baston House School is an independent day specialist provider of education in Bromley, Kent for children and young people aged from 5 to 19 years who have been diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC).

We are part of Options Autism, a specialist provider of education and care for young people and adults with ASC. The school is registered with the DfE to provide up to 115 places for boys and girls from a wide range of neighbouring local authorities. Baston House School ensures that our school environment supports learning and promotes the well-being of pupils and staff through a strong sense of community cohesion.

Create a sense of community, develop social understanding, improve well-being, enhance academic achievement and develop independence are at the root of our school community. We work hard to provide a safe school where pupils are included in every aspect of school life.

Baston House School evidences and supports a statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. We believe that all children have the right to be safe. We recognise that we have a duty to ensure effective arrangements are in place for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children by creating a positive and transparent school atmosphere. We do this by monitoring our practice and providing comprehensive up to date training for staff. We also provide well-informed pastoral support for pupils and their families.

We are committed to establishing and maintaining effective procedures for safer recruitment and inter-agency working relationships. Baston House School was opened by Samantha Cameron on 09th June 2011 and has steadily grown in size in order to provide for the demand of specialist Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) provision in the South East of England.

All pupils at Baston House School have an EHCP or a statement of special educational needs. The primary diagnosis is ASC, although many pupils have associated needs which are addressed by individual programmes and strategies designed by education staff and the therapists. Baston House School aims to:

• Create a sense of community by encouraging all pupils to become active participants in the school and local colleges of further education, close partnership with parents and members of the local community.
• Develop social understanding by carefully designed programmes fully informed by the in-house clinical team. We also recognise we have a duty to promote awareness and understanding of ASC in the community.
• Improve well-being by supporting our pupils to understand their own feelings and emotions and provide them with a range of strategies to cope with daily activities.
• Enhance academic achievement by delivering a broad curriculum which is meaningful and fun with academic and vocational pathways.
• Develop independence by promoting choice and independence in everything that we do in preparing our young people to contribute to their community.