Chelsea Hall School A GSG School
- Chelsea Hall School
St Andrew's Church Hall
Waynflete Street
Earlsfield
London
SW18 3QG - Head: Miss Jessica Duemler
- T 020 8946 8330
- E information@chelseahallschool.com
- W www.chelseahallschool.com
- A special independent school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 11. Type of SEN provision: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; Aspergers; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders; Dyslexia; Dyspraxia; Genetic; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication; SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Wandsworth
- Pupils: 47; sixth formers: n/a
- Religion: None
- Fees: £26,925 - £53,700 pa
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Project-based learning allows differentiation for a wide ability span. School refusers and the demand-avoidant start here as it doesn’t feel like school; for example a recent topic, ‘animals of the sea’, gave flexibility of child enquiry within a framework of literacy and maths without making obvious demands. A parent told how their child is starting to draw and also to tell them about the drawing while beginning to use letters: ‘Drawing a fire truck, “I need a cloud and a helicopter”, then drawing ‘F’ for fire engine – now sounds and speech much improved.’
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Since 2003 Jessica Duemler, BSc in Special Needs & Early Childhood with a minor in Environmental Education. Seated in a converted closet under the stage in a captain’s chair at an antique desk with globe and plants, Duemler offers visitors a chat and a seat on her chaise longue. A couple on their initial visit described being taken aback by the building but then, ‘As we entered the headteacher’s room a little boy popped in unannounced and she so kindly answered his questions that he went away perfectly happy and I thought, this is where my son needs to be.’
Duemler’s view is that ‘Everyone who works in special educational needs has traits’, alongside a passion and devotion to those they help. Duemler describes school as ‘incredibly structured but unregimented’....
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Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | Y |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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