Swiss Cottage School - Development & Research Centre

The school is a special needs school serving pupils aged 4–19 with a broad range of needs.

“Welcome to Swiss Cottage School, Development and Research Centre, a community-maintained special needs school in the London Borough of Camden. We are privileged to serve 260 pupils with a broad range of needs between the ages of 4 and 19 years old and are committed to ensuring every pupil is celebrated and supported to achieve their full potential.”

Benjamin Stewart, Assistant Principal, is the named SENCo.

“Our named SENCo is Benjamin Stewart, Assistant Principal.”

The school works collaboratively with internal and external agencies.

“We are committed to partnership working through a collaborative approach with internal and external agencies.”

Pastoral factors such as attendance and health receive fortnightly multi-agency monitoring for early intervention and support.

“Multi-agency fortnightly monitoring ensured early intervention/support for pastoral factors (attendance, health).”

Pupils are prepared for work and supported internships through opportunities to develop workplace skills in school.

“"Leaders give pupils experiences to prepare them for the world of work and for taking up supported internships. Students have several opportunities in school to develop their work skills." - Ofsted 2023”

Pupil Premium pupils made expected progress and accessed enrichment programmes intended to address disadvantage.

“The report confirmed pupils qualifying for Pupil Premium funding made expected progress and accessed enrichment programmes to challenge the disadvantage gap.”

The school is values-led, and its core values are Inclusive, Nurturing and Inspiring.

“The school’s core values 'Inclusive Nurturing Inspiring' were decided by our families and staff and are reflected in all aspects of provision design.”

The school works with partner organisations so pupils can thrive as visible and valued members of society.

“We are a values-led school that works in partnership with a number of organisations to ensure our pupils thrive as visible, valued members of society.”

The sixth form provides vocational training and community-based work experience.

“Our Sixth Form provision facilitates vocational training and work experience of our pupils directly in the local community.”

The special school provides education from EYFS through Sixth Form.

“As a special school that has EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, and Sixth Form provision, we build in time for small clusters of classes to promote SEN and Key Stage specific developments.”

The page provides access to an Admissions Policy.

“Admissions Policy”

Supported internships are identified as a post-school pathway for which pupils are prepared.

“"Leaders give pupils experiences to prepare them for the world of work and for taking up supported internships. Students have several opportunities in school to develop their work skills." - Ofsted 2023”

The school has received seven consecutive Outstanding Ofsted ratings, most recently in March 2023.

“Swiss Cottage School Development and Research Centre have been rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted seven times in a row (latest report March 2023).”

The 2023 inspection was the school's seventh consecutive Outstanding Ofsted judgement.

“Ofsted Inspection 2023: 7th consecutive ‘Outstanding'”