TreeHouse School is a non-maintained

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and

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for children aged 4 to 19 that are diagnosed with

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. The school is located in the

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, and is operated by the charity

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. Children from 17 local authority areas attend the school. Founded in 1997, by a group of parents including writer

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, it was instituted to educate children using

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outside of a home schooling context, and was originally based in a room at

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. It is currently located in Muswell Hill, where roughly 90 pupils attend. The school enrols pupils that have a diagnosis of autism or a related communication disorder, and have a

Statement of Special Educational Needs Special educational needs (SEN), also known as special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in the United Kingdom refers to the education of children who require different education provision to the mainstream system. Definition The definiti ...

. The school has links with local mainstream schools, and some pupils take part in a range of classes at these schools including subjects such as music or sports. TreeHouse School also runs a programme of 'Reverse Inclusion', where children from Muswell Hill Primary School visit TreeHouse once a week to learn and play with children at the primary department of the school. The school was rated as 'Outstanding' by

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in 2012.http://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/lib/liDownload/563/TreeHouse_School_Ofsted_Report_2012.pdf The school is also accredited by the

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References

External links

TreeHouse School official website
1997 establishments in England Autism-related organisations in the United Kingdom Educational institutions established in 1997 Independent co-educational schools in London Independent schools in the London Borough of Haringey Muswell Hill Special schools in the London Borough of Haringey {{London-school-stub