TreeHouse School is a non-maintained special school and

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for children aged 4 to 19 that are diagnosed with autism. 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 Nick Hornby, 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 Swiss Cottage Library. 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

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. 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 Ofsted 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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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