Welcome to Maypole School
Maypole School has two school sites that opened in Sep 2023, in Sunbury-on-Thames (TW16 6QE) and Leigham Court (SW16 2QA).
Our schools are for pupils with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) difficulties, and most of our pupils will also have some combination of additional complex needs, such as Anxiety, ASD, ADHD, FASD, PDA, OCD, ODD, Toxic Childhood Stress / Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Attachment difficulties, Developmental Trauma or Delay, Speech and Language difficulties, Cognition and Learning difficulties, Specific Learning Difficulties such as Dyslexia and Dyspraxia; and more.
Many of our young people will have displayed challenging behaviour at their previous schools.
We help our pupils to succeed at Maypole School, in spite of their very complex needs, and their difficulties at previous schools.
"I can’t help smiling every time I talk about the school. The impact you have had has been life-changing for me and (my son), as a family at home".
Parent, Maypole School (Leigham Court), March 2024
"The development of pupils as individuals is exceptional .... (and) the support for pupils' behaviour is excellent."
Ofsted Report, Maypole School (Leigham Court), June 2024
Our Intent
Our intent is to provide the best SEMH schools in the South London / SE region.
We can say this with confidence because we have a very experienced leadership team, with a proven record of growing highly successful SEMH schools in the past, and of succeeding with children with really complex needs, where all previous schools had been unable to do so.
Many such children will have had disrupted education in previous schools, because those schools could not meet such complex needs.
We’re passionate about helping these children to succeed.
If this is of interest then please do talk to us, and come and visit our schools.
"This is a fledgling school that contradicts its age in the experiences it is already offering its pupils. This is mostly down to the dedication and hard work of staff, no matter what their role. All involved in the school… understand the complexities of pupils with special educational needs… and go out of their way to recognise the additional barriers some pupils face … . This creates an environment that enables pupils to thrive, many of whom have been out of education for long periods of time prior to joining."
Ofsted Report, Maypole School (Sunbury), June 2024.