Welcome from the Headteacher
At Lavender Campus, we offer high quality, bespoke education provision for highly vulnerable students who live in Merton and who are unable to attend mainstream school because of medical and/ or mental health needs.
Students can be re
ferred by their mainstream school if they have, or will have 15 days of absence from school because of their medical condition. The school will need to provide medical evidence from a hospital consultant or CAMHS professional.
We offer home tuition, in community provision, on line learning, a placement at our KS4 centre or a combination of some/all of these, depending upon the individual needs of the student. We have recently formed a partnership with Merton SEN department and will now consider referrals for students with EHCP’s if they are in KS4, as there is a lack of provisions available to support these most vulnerable pupils.
An individual learning plan will be devised upon entry to our services and regular reviews with the mainstream school and medics, where appropriate, will be held to ensure the best possible outcome. Our curriculum currently concentrates on the core subjects, English, Maths and Science, We offer Art, Literature and ICT options and we can offer further specialism GCSE subjects on a 1:1 basis.
We work closely with other services to deliver a supportive curriculum, eg: CAMHS, Speech and Language Therapy, Educational Psychology and My Futures. We also offer an enhanced PSHE curriculum, with an onus on building resilience and self-esteem amongst our young people. We also provide transition support into the Post 16 environment, and continue to offer support for the first term of their new placement. This has resulted in fewer ex- students becoming NEET; the majority thrive, going onto apprenticeships/A levels and higher education, BTECS and short courses.
Our numbers have increased year on year and so in September 2022 we moved into a new provision at Tamworth Farm recreation ground. This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for us. Our KS4 students now have access to specialist classrooms, outside space and a dining room. They now have the opportunity to spill into the tennis courts and football pitch next door or relax in our own grounds with badminton, gardening or simply enjoying our developing sensory garden.
Our students continue to be supported in small classes, and throughout our expansion, we have worked closely with staff and students to ensure we remain a calm, safe and nurturing environment where we enable our young people to flourish.
For more information on Lavender Campus contact Jessica Husaini at: jhusaini@melbury.merton.sch.uk
Jessica Husaini
Head of Lavender Campus