Brantridge School is a special school catering for boys from age 6 to 11 years with Social Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties and Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC), including those with Asperger’s Syndrome and those with a diagnosis of ADHD.
This section provides key information including how the school spends the funding it receives, its policies and procedures, how students perform in exams and assessment and inspection information.
This section provides information about the school’s curriculum including an overview, the curriculum approach, detailed information about what is being studied in class, Outdoor Learning and Remote Learning plus school trips and enrichment opportunities.
In this section you will find information about the support offered to pupils at Brantridge School. This includes information about the support we offer, therapies, behaviour and engagement and mental health and well-being.
Pupils tell us they feel safe at Brantridge and the school provides an environment that enables them to learn. Everyone is treated as an individual and concerns are listened to.
It is important that you have the chance to fully take part in your child’s educational experience. We provide regular opportunities to come into school and join us for events which provide life long memories.
Art therapy is a psychotherapy that uses art materials to express and manage thoughts, feelings and experiences, supported by a qualified art therapist. This is quite different from art lessons and you don’t need to be good at art. The benefits of art therapy may be seen quickly or take time to emerge; processing feelings and learning life skills often takes time and everyone is different. The therapy will be regularly reviewed and adapted to meet individual needs.
Sessions are 1-to-1 and are held on site at the school; each session lasts between 30 to 50 minutes, at the same time once a week. The therapist and student work together and with art materials to help the student express and understand themselves, their feelings and behaviours and to develop emotional resilience. Artworks are stored at the school; at the very end of art therapy, the student decides what to take home and what to dispose of (the school is unable to store work made once the student has finished art therapy).
Our therapist, Alice Burnage, is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). This ensures a high professional standard and safe working practice. UK law requires that we have written parent/guardian consent before we begin art therapy with a child. This consent may be withdrawn at any time. A student may themselves decline art therapy or decide to withdraw after they have started. If you have any further questions please contact the school and ask to speak to the art therapist.
