Our offer

We offer a range of services for children who are outside of mainstream education. From one-to-one and group sessions for children who are in hospital; to class based lessons or home tuition.

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

We offer 1:1 and group sessions for students aimed at minimising the disruption to education caused by admission to hospital. Education sessions are planned around any health procedures that students are receiving and will vary in duration and time of day depending on the health care needs and ward plans.

BHES staff will liaise with students on roll school with regards to schemes of work and curriculum that the student is currently following and provision will be matched as closely as possible to the one they would be following in school.

On discharge from hospital BHES will provide records and reports of the work that students have completed during their stay in hospital. Assessments of students achievements and progress will be included in reports where possible.

In both hospitals BHES work closely with health care professionals to ensure that education and health provision is coordinated and complementary. In both hospitals education provision is seen as a key part of the service that they offer to children and young people.

Referral by community-based health care teams

We accept referrals for young people who have significant medical needs or conditions that prevent engagement with any other type of provision, and which has caused a prolonged period of absence from their educational setting.

Our aim is to support young people in transitioning back to their educational setting or onto a setting appropriate to their needs.

We have a number of different provisions and pathways that offer academic and social engagement support to achieve this. All students have individual plans that are reviewed with students, parents, on roll schools and health care professionals on a regular basis.

Our offer is to school aged children (5-16) and support to achieve qualifications up to Level 2 (GCSE). At our Falkland Rd base we offer a weekly timetabled curriculum for KS3 and KS4 students. We also run a number of Hubs in community spaces around the city, which offer a more limited curriculum. Where necessary, we also provide one to one support in young people’s homes.

Classes start at 9:30 each morning. The classes timetable can be found here.