What is Breckenbrough all about?

Breckenbrough in Brief

• Employs subject specialist teachers
• Employs qualified care staff
• Employs a full-time registered counselling Psychologist
• Employs a full-time registered Occupational Therapist
• Employs a part-time Speech and Language Therapist
• Enjoys and encourages strong partnerships with families
• Offers a wide range of activities and opportunities
• Provides post-16 provision for working in partnership with other local providers
• Operates Beyond Breckenbrough as a separate aftercare charity to provide contact and support for students once they have left school and in later life
• The vast majority of students go on to full-time further education, training and employment

Breckenbrough is a non-maintained special school and a non-profit making charity, whose governors are appointed by Quakers in Yorkshire. Housed in a Victorian country house with 10 acres of land in the heart of North Yorkshire, Breckenbrough is located a few miles from Thirsk, close to the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks.