• RISE Education is therapeutic, values based and student centred, and aims to help young people with SEND or SEMH needs experience success in a caring environment.

• Will suit families seeking a small therapeutic London setting for a young person who needs a more specialist route than mainstream education can currently offer.

Admissions at RISE Education are highly individual and suitability led, because the school is a therapeutic specialist school in Mitcham for students with SEND and social, emotional or mental-health needs who cannot currently access mainstream education. It will mainly suit families who want a genuinely therapeutic environment where values-based education, emotional support and academic re-engagement are all expected to work together.

Scholarships are not really the point here. The value lies in whether the school’s therapeutic, supportive approach can help a student with SEND or SEMH needs feel safe, make progress and re-engage with education.

The overall picture is specialist and intentionally nurturing, with the school openly describing itself as therapeutic, values based and focused on students who cannot currently access mainstream or non-therapeutic settings. Parents should still ask detailed questions about therapies, curriculum pathways and progression, but the school’s mission is clearly about creating a workable route to success for pupils with more complex needs.