Welcome to The Holy Brook School, Reading

The Holy Brook School is a special school for primary pupils aged between 7 and 11 experiencing severe Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties (BESD).

The Holy Brook Special School remains full to capacity providing support to pupils, families and schools from all over Berkshire. The school's outreach service has expanded with the Art Therapy and Nurture Group provision entering a third year.

This year’s attendance was 93.8% which is well above the average for special schools nationally. In addition there have been no permanent or fixed term exclusions during the academic year 2008/9. The Holy Brook Special School was inspected by Ofsted in March 2009. The inspection report described The Holy Brook Special School as "... a good and continually improving school because leaders, managers and all staff put pupils' well-being and achievement at the heart of all they do". The report also highlighted that "The very dedicated head teacher, supported by an equally committed deputy head teacher and staff, have together with well informed governors, driven improvement forward very effectively since the previous inspection" The report also identified "Teamwork and consistent management of pupils' behaviour (as)strengths of the school".

As a result of recent consultations and expansion, from September 2010, the

Holy Brook school will be able to meet the academic and BESD needs of both KS1 & KS2 pupils.