St. John’s School

Maximising each pupil’s potential to be independent

The aims of St. John’s School are to:

Maximise each pupil’s potential to be as independent as possible in their lives
Ensure all children and young people can engage, progress and achieve in their learning
Enable all children and young people to develop their knowledge and skills in: Maths, Science, English, technological, human & social, physical, aesthetic & creative learning opportunities
Promote the intellectual, personal, spiritual, moral, social, cultural and physical development of all children and young people at the school
Promote their sense of citizenship and their place within the school, the wider community and reflect British values.

Our Staff

All our staff are experienced in working effectively with vulnerable children and young people with complex diagnoses, learning difficulties, autistic spectrum conditions and mental health issues.

The relationships, routines and environments are personalised, adapted to help children and young people to develop behaviours for learning, engage with their education, build self-confidence and cultivate ambition and aspiration.

Click here to see a list of some of the major training and qualifications that all staff working with our young people complete, as standard.

Our Seaford campus

provides excellent learning and recreational environments, including:

Indoor heated swimming pool
Playing fields & grounds for outdoor learning
Horticulture area including polytunnels and flower garden
Sensory garden
An ‘open all day’ café/venue – Harmonies
IT hub and project space
Science room
Outdoor gym
‘OPTI Music’ studio
Sports hall
Tennis courts/basketball
Youth Club
Sensory room
Music studio
Art room
Fully equipped food tech room
Outdoor play area, including trampolines and swings.

Get Involved

St. John’s is a non-maintained independent specialist school and independent specialist college

School-based Profile

St. John’s offers an inclusive environment for young people, with a diagnosis of autism and other needs, whose learning, social, emotional and/or communication difficulties are too complex for many mainstream educational settings to support.

Many children and young people at St. John’s have complex diagnoses – their needs do not always fit into a single or simple diagnosis, and therefore all C&YP are assessed, and their programmes individually designed to meet their specific needs.

St. John’s supports a wide range of young people with additional and specific needs, such as Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA Society Website) and other complex needs.

In particular, we support young people from 7-19 who may: