Brown’s is a specialist independent day school and is situated in Chelsfield in the Kent countryside. The school is registered with the DfE to provide up to 90 places for boys and girls, aged from 9 to 18 years, from a wide range of neighbouring local authorities.
Facilities
Brown’s School helps young people whose education has been adversely affected by Specific Learning Difficulties, namely dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, or speech and language difficulties; Autistic Spectrum Disorder; Asperger syndrome; Auditory Processing Disorder; Verbal Dyspraxia; and ADD/ADHD.
Features
Things to note
Providing small class sizes to ensure a high level of classroom support from trained teachers, learning support assistants, and therapists.
Providing on-site Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Clinical Psychology on an assessed need basis.
Ensuring staff receive appropriate training and support to meet the needs of all students.
Having high expectations and aspirations of all students.
Monitoring progress through assessment, tracking, and target setting.
Implementing a consistent behaviour management system.
Encouraging strong home-school relationships through continual communication such as newsletters and parents’ evenings.
Having a diverse and engaging curriculum with natural progressions to formal qualifications in Key Stage 4.
To develop Spiritual, Moral, Social, and Cultural awareness through the curriculum, with particular emphasis from PSHE, Social Skills, Life and Study Skills, and the Healthy Living Enrichment Programme.
Brown’s School’s admissions process delivers an efficient and supportive service to local authorities, parents and other professionals to ensure that children are placed in a service that is right for their needs. Admissions procedures aim to be honest, transparent and respectful of individual rights.
On receiving an enquiry about the school a record is made of the enquirer’s name and contact details and the child’s information including the nature of the child’s difficulties. A visit to the school is then arranged or a prospectus sent out.
On visiting the school prospective parents/guardians are shown around and informed of the schools provision. A more in depth discussion takes place regarding the prospective pupils’ needs and relevant reports are requested, if not already provided.
Assessment visits are arranged if the enquirer wishes to proceed and, on inspection of paperwork, it is possible that Brown’s can meet the therapeutic and educational needs of the child. Assessment visits can range from one to several days depending on the child.
If appropriate an offer of a placement is made when assessment information has been gathered and relevant reports considered. An offer is made if the school believes it can meet the child’s assessed needs.
They have specific admission criteria relevant to the service and support that they offer. If they are unable to meet the young person’s needs, they will provide you with alternative options in order to secure a suitable placement.
3.77 miles
