Welcome to The Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital School. Our Vision Statement: "We are a welcoming school we provide a safe and inclusive environment for young people to achieve and enjoy learning at a difficult time in their lives".
We respect the individual needs of our learners to help them progress as confident, independent young people when they move on.
Our Aims to discover all the things that they can do and build on their strengths. To give them an enjoyable learning experience that is suited to their age and needs. To develop their skills and knowledge so that they will be more confident in their future life and learning. To make their school like other schools that you know already.
We have a primary/middle school department and three secondary/post 16 departments. The departments are split over two hospital sites, the Maudsley site in Camberwell and the Bethlem site in Beckenham.
We provide a broad and balanced curriculum that is tailored to the individual. We teach the core subjects of the national curriculum: Maths, English, and Science. We offer subjects including Music, Computing, Physical Education, Citizenship, Design and Technology, Languages, History, Geography, Art, and Religious Education.
We also teach Sixth Form pupils who are focused on examination courses. We have a very good relationship with an independent careers adviser, who supports us in helping learners with their plans, whether this is a return to education, skills training, or work.
Education in our school is designed to reflect a broad and balanced curriculum and is personalized to the specific learning needs of each young person. We aim to teach pupils how to grow into positive, responsible members of society, who can work and co-operate with others whilst developing knowledge and skills to achieve their potential. Our curriculum is responsive to national initiatives and is regularly reviewed.
We commit to providing equal opportunities and access to the curriculum for all young people in our school.
We try to minimize any disruption to our pupils’ learning whilst they are in hospital and will liaise closely with a young person’s home school or Local Authority to ensure the teaching provided by our school complements their learning.
Our approach to learning means lessons are highly personalized and students will benefit from individual objectives tailored to their needs.
Our classrooms are attractive and well-resourced with access to appropriate Information Technology.
We host regular creative arts workshops and shows from visiting outreach programs and plan for numerous educational experiences outside the classroom. Some highlights have included visits to Shakespeare’s Globe, museums and art galleries, the Royal Opera House, London Zoo, and the viewing platform at The Shard.
The school is a registered exam center and pupils can take national exams whilst in hospital. We prepare students for a wide range of exams whilst they attend our school, from Functional Skills qualifications, through GCSEs, to AS and A2 exams.
Where relevant, we offer opportunities to our pupils for work experience through contacts with local businesses.
We believe that you have the right to do as well as you can here. We celebrate the fact that all our learners are unique and special. You will come from many different backgrounds which will have a mixture of family groups, religious ideas, and cultural beliefs. We respect these and acknowledge them.
