Treetops is a day special school for children and young people between the ages of 3 and 19 who experience moderate learning difficulties. The school, located in Grays, Essex, UK is a Thurrock Local Authority (LA) school and is under local management(LM).
The school operates a special VB (verbal behaviour) nursery for children on the autistic spectrum and is the first state school in the UK to be adopting these teaching principles.
As of February 2008, Treetops School operates on its new site in Buxton Road where we have all our different age groups in one place. The number of places currently available at our school is 220. Pupils can be admitted throughout the academic year but the majority will take up places at the beginning of the autumn term.
Our school works on achievement, on what can be done. We work on the positive. We do not view our work as such but as a vocation or as an opportunity to make a difference.
Each pupil is placed in an age or need appropriate group. Each group will have a teacher responsible for pastoral care. In addition the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher also take great pride in ensuring pastoral care is of the highest order. We will always endeavour to answer any worries you have on the same day that you make contact.
One of the great qualities of our school is that we are small. We are therefore able to know each pupil really well, and conversely they know us really well. Behaviour and discipline in school (or anywhere else) is all about relationships.
Our aim is for pupils to accept our values and become part of a whole community, which instils a sense of pride in each other.