Emma Lee-Potter paid a visit to find out more
No two days are ever the same at Gilbrook School. When pupils are not in lessons they might be in the garden planting saplings or looking after the school’s three chickens, Tikka, Madras and Korma. They might be trekking up Moel Famau mountain in North Wales or taking part in team-building exercises with the RAF.
Gilbrook School is a special primary school in the heart of the Wirral, five miles from Liverpool. The 55-place school is over-subscribed and currently has 60 girls and boys aged five to 11 on its roll, all of whom have social, emotional and mental health difficulties. The children have a wide range of complex needs – including autism, foetal alcohol syndrome, ADHD and moderate learning difficulties – but thanks to Gilbrook’s nurturing and therapeutic approach many of them are enjoying school for the first time in their young lives.
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