• Unique Children's School has a highly personalised model and aims to provide close support and a workable pathway for students whose needs require intensive attention.

• Will suit families needing an unusually small and individual secondary placement rather than a mainstream-style school.

Admissions at Unique Children's School are highly individual and suitability led, and should appeal to families and professionals seeking a very small specialist secondary setting rather than a conventional independent school. It should suit young people who need an unusually high level of personalisation and a school that can work intensively around individual circumstances.

Scholarships are beside the point here. The real value lies in whether the school's very small scale and individualised approach can provide the right fit for a young person who may not thrive elsewhere.

The overall picture is tiny in scale but more positive than it once was, with Ofsted currently showing a Good judgement and the school's published capacity suggesting a deliberately very small provision. Parents and referrers should still ask searching questions because the decisive issue is not image but whether the school can meet the specific needs of the student involved.