Fernbrook College is committed to empowering young people.  We work hard to enable our students to make better choices to support their education and life chances. We provide the opportunity to reset, rebuild and restart a young person’s journey in their education.  We aim to provide them with the skills to be prepared for the challenges they will face and move on to successful destinations.

We work proactively with the local secondary schools to offer early intervention for young people who are finding navigating a large mainstream setting challenging.  We have different packages available for each KS and different referral routes.  This ranges from a tailored short term placement with the goal of re-integrating back to their mainstream school to a longer term solution that then leads on to a move to a new school or college placement.

Fernbrook staff set high expectations for personal development and learning. We promote a culture of high aspiration that is pivotal to the progress and achievement of our young people.  At Fernbrook we aim to work collaboratively with students, parents and carers to meet the needs of our learners, whether this is a curriculum pathway that leads to 5+ GCSEs, a vocational learning experience or a more bespoke offer that is focused purely on a young person’s personal development.

We recognise there may be a necessity to support our students, on what can be an emotional journey. We have trained and dedicated staff to support, mentor and develop a young person’s emotional literacy and maturity through our ELSA and THRIVE programmes. Amongst the special services we employ at Fernbrook we have Therapeutic Arts, Speech and Language therapist and specialist support assistants.

We work hard to live by our EOTAS vision, mission and values.  We believe in young people and strive to build individual confidence so they can believe in themselves. If you would like to arrange a visit to Fernbrook, please contact our central office.