• Red Balloon - Norwich is nurturing, restorative and student centred, and aims to help young people recover their confidence as learners and as individuals.

• Will suit families seeking a Norwich alternative for a young person who needs a smaller, safer and more therapeutic educational environment.

Admissions at Red Balloon - Norwich are highly individual and suitability led, because the school is a small Norwich specialist setting for young people whose mainstream education has been disrupted by bullying, anxiety or emotional trauma. It will mainly suit families who want a safe and nurturing environment where emotional recovery, social re-engagement and academic progress are expected to work together.

Scholarships are not the point here. The question is whether the centre’s small-scale, supportive approach can help a young person re-engage with education and feel confident enough to move forward again.

The overall picture is specialist and reassuringly explicit about care, with the centre describing itself as safe, supportive and nurturing for young people from Norfolk and surrounding counties. Parents should still ask direct questions about academic pathways, therapy input and transition planning, but the centre’s restorative mission is very clear.