Established in 2010, what began as a small, primary-focused provision has grown organically into a fully integrated therapeutic education pathway. Today, our setting reflects the Orchard model in action — rooted in nurture, shaped by need, and developed with clear progression in mind.

Our journey has never been about simply expanding; it has been about evolving with purpose. From our early outreach work and small barn provision, through to our Alternative Provision (AP), and onwards into post-16 opportunities, every stage of our offer is designed to support children and young people as they grow, develop, and re-engage with learning in a way that works for them.

As the needs of local families have changed, so too has our provision — strengthening our facilities, deepening our therapeutic approach, and broadening our pathways to ensure that no child is left without a next step. We now support young people and families from across Oxfordshire, West Berkshire, Wiltshire, Slough, Wokingham, Surrey, Swindon, Buckinghamshire, and beyond, all within a carefully designed, specialist environment.

Many of the young people who come to us have additional needs, including neurodivergent profiles, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), anxiety, or Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA). For many, mainstream education has not met their needs — and our role is to provide a different starting point, and a clear pathway forward.

Most of our young people have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), and every journey through the Orchard is individual. Whether a young person begins with outreach support, accesses our small-group barn provision, transitions into our AP, or progresses into post-16 education, each step is intentionally connected.

We work closely with families and professionals to ensure that every pathway is personalised, purposeful, and achievable — built on trust, grounded in therapeutic practice, and always centred on the young person.