Head Teacher’s Welcome

Eaglewood School is a unique educational provision, providing a safe and supportive environment for young people aged between 7 and 16 years old. We are a school for young people who are finding mainstream education difficult. Young people develop at different times dependent on the environment and their experiences. Eaglewood school prides itself on recognising young people’s emotions. Using detailed assessment packages and specific targeted work, we challenge and teach young people how to manage their emotions whilst maintaining academic progress. Issues can include inadequate social skills, self-awareness, motivation, self-regulation or empathy or any combination of these. This work helps the young people develop socially and emotionally to unlock their personal barriers to learning as well as life itself.

The balanced student able to cope with school and with life comes from a combination of their emotional quotient (EQ) and intelligence quotient (IQ). Some students may need more EQ help than curriculum subjects. Our staff recognise that a student’s stage rather than their age is what matters. We create opportunities for students to be challenged emotionally to understand and develop in a caring and professional environment. Eaglewood School can be a change catalyst for young people who struggle to manage day to day.

Working with a child’s home school, Eaglewood School offers both full and part time education placements through which children are supported to develop self-awareness to help them feel balanced and for them to flourish when they ultimately return to their home school setting. We can also work in partnership with the home school to assist in ECHP applications if a more specialist setting is deemed to be more suitable for the student.

Mr Nigel Himmel – Head Teacher