Treetops is an Enhanced Mainstream Autism Base, providing bespoke specialist provision for children with ASC and an EHCP. It is a provision for those who have struggled to access a mainstream education but have the ability to do so.
Treetops provides a smaller, personalised environment allowing students to be successful.
Principal Introduction
A very warm welcome to Tudor Grange Academy Treetops. Our vision is to provide an outstanding specialist provision that caters for children with Autism, allowing them to be successful in their studies. We want our provision to become a place where students and parents work together with the school to ensure the very best experiences for all.
As a Trust, we pride ourselves on our community and we want to create an environment where parents will feel supported and will feel just as much part of the school as the children. We aim to instil, in every student, the skills, aptitude and ability to transition successfully to post 16 education.
We look forward to welcoming you and having the opportunity to show you our exciting specialist base.
Marie McNamara, Principal
Curriculum
Treetops follows a mainstream curriculum that adjusts for the students’ own needs. Students that attend Treetops study English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, Food and Art.
Alongside this, students partake in a full PSHE programme, Preparing for Adulthood lessons, and Talk about for Teenagers.
Students in year 10 and 11 study for their GCSEs at Treetops. In the 2023/24 exam season, students studying with us achieved level 8s and 9s in Science and Maths and our success continued in the 2024/25 exam season. The GCSE courses offered at Treetops vary depending on what the students wish to study and what they enjoy, including History, Geography, Art and Business on top of the core subjects or Maths, Science and English. Students can also study subjects specifically on offer at the main school including Performing Arts and PE. However, what students eventually take at GCSE is varied and students can also study Functional Skills in English and Maths too.
Careers Education
Careers Education plays a key role in the life of students at Treetops. Whilst they follow the same opportunities as students in mainstream, the pathway is highly specialised for each student taking into consideration their individual needs. They have various opportunities to access careers advice both individually and within the curriculum focus days offered to all students.
Students are fully supported through discussion groups, small group work, personal statement completion, application form writing and visits to colleges and universities which are a regular highlight for all students.
Work experience can be arranged for any student in Treetops in Y10. This opportunity will be carefully crafted to ensure it is a highly successful experience for the student.
A flexible approach…….
We understand that our students will have varying needs and an individual’s needs may change within the course of a term or a week or a year. Treetops offers a flexible provision that enables pupils to progress and flourish.
A nurturing environment…….
At Treetops we have a variety of spaces specially designed to meet a range of learning, social and emotional needs. The Treetops building is a self-contained base set apart from the main school. The common room is a large area with comfortable seating, a kitchenette and tables and chairs. Students can use this room to prepare themselves for learning, to relax or mix with others at social times, to prepare food and drinks and to eat their lunch. The learning spaces include a number of different areas where students can undertake practical subjects, use workstations with computers, work independently or in groups or use a laptop or iPad to complete activities. Additionally, students can access the chill out room, a low-sensory environment where they can spend time desensitising in the sensory den, on the beanbags or in the rocking chair. Treetops also includes a meeting room where professionals and families can come together to discuss matters pertaining to the development, progress and wellbeing of the students.
Caring staff……..
Treetops is run by Di Fellowes, Treetops Principal, and on a day- to -day basis by Ellie Grierson, Deputy Head. We have 5 full time specialist teaching staff, covering English, Maths, Science, and Humanities. We have 3 teaching assistants and a Thrive practitioner who oversees our Thrive programme. All our staff have a minimum of the Autism Education Trust’s Level 2 training.
Places at Treetops……..
Places at Treetops are offered following a consultation with the Local Authority, where the school will decide whether a child’s needs can be met at Treetops, based on the provision detailed in the child’s EHCP. The school is not able to offer places directly.