Our Schools

Edison Young People’s schools meet the needs of children and young people who find it difficult to achieve in mainstream education, where it is often not possible to meet their emotional and developmental needs.

The ethos of our schools is about offering a specialist environment that identifies with the differences, challenges and aspirations of the children and young people referred to our schools. We believe that no child or young person should fail as a direct result of their past experiences or complex histories. We are committed to helping them overcome adversity, so that they can be successful in their current and future lives. High levels of individual teaching and support are central to our schools achieving these aims, so that individual attention for each pupil will support them with their own unique needs.

Edison Pace School is a newly expanded independent SEND school operating across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is a small calm school offering places to 96 young people aged between 7 years old and 16 years old. Edison PACE School provides a broad and creative curriculum for young people who have high anxiety and who are socially reserved within a specialist setting, through our curriculum and in preparation for adulthood. We develop resilience, celebrate success and build confidence.

The Place Independent School is an independent SEND school operating on two sites based in the beautiful countryside of Bottesford and Barkstone. Offering places to children in Year 3 up to Year 13. The school offers a college and utilises the benefits of outdoor learning and the therapeutic support our of school animals including, alpacas, rescue ponies, pigs, sheep, goat, ducks, hamster, rabbit, a cat and chickens.

Class sizes are small, offer support for one-to-one with no more than eight young people per class with specialised teachers and experienced support staff. This ensures that all young people feel safe and not overwhelmed.

The Haven School, Stafford is an independent special school based in Stafford for young people who have an EHCP for social, emotional and mental health difficulties. Pupils can come to us at any stage in their school career from 11 to 19 years of age. The school ethos is governed by a total commitment to supporting young people to become successful citizens by helping them overcome previous negative experiences. We want our pupils to be happy in school because this is the first step to becoming successful.

To view our school based careers and opportunities, please refer directly to our school websites where vacancies and application information will be shared. Links are provided on the careers page.