The Mulberry Bush School is an acclaimed therapeutic residential special school for children with severe social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.  These are children who have suffered early trauma, neglect and abuse and their behaviours are often very high risk, chaotic, aggressive and/or sexualised.

The School is in Oxfordshire and is a non-maintained residential special school.  It provides 38 week therapeutic care, treatment and education for boys and girls aged 5-13 from across the country. The school also works with the families of children placed, in order to support a successful and stable home base for the whole family.

We also have a Residential to Family service which can accommodate children on a 52-week basis for a short period of time until they can step down into the 38 week service.  This step-down occurs after the professionals network have collaborated to find, prepare and introduce foster carers or have worked with the birth family to prepare a reintegration.

The Mulberry Bush School provides individualised care, treatment and education plans, overseen, in each case, by a multidisciplinary treatment team of highly trained professional staff, including a therapist. 

The service comprises of group living in residential households, National Curriculum education, group and individual drama and music therapy, individual psychotherapy, group work, family work, VIG work, family therapy, training and consultation,  as appropriate to meet identified needs. All parts of the service are located on one outstanding site.

The School can also work closely with carefully selected foster care providers to form 52 week packages.

Mulberry Bush is a charity and so is not for profit.  It continues to guarantee a 0% fee increase for children once placed, for the duration of their placement.

The School’s Statement of Primary Task is:

‘To help primary aged children who have been unable to live in a family or learn in school, who have deep and complex emotional troubles and have developed antisocial ways of being, to discover helpful ways of living with themselves and others and to see themselves as learners and achievers.’ 

For further information please see our Information Booklet 

http://www.mulberrybush.org.uk/our-school/how-we-help/#.VbYuz2A-B25