As Autism Acceptance Week draws near, we wanted to highlight the importance around the language that is used around autism and...

I am very excited to announce that we reopened our East End Road (EER) site in September in order to extend our provision offer to the...

Bridget Young is the Head Teacher at Holmewood School, an independent day school for neurodivergent children and young people. As an...

We sat down with several of our students to discuss what stimming is and how it presents itself. We originally recorded our student’s...

Here at the Holmewood School, we are always striving to be at the forefront of autism practice. This also means we aim to push boundaries...

Holmewood’s Head of Upper School, Ms Bridget Young, discusses how best to help autistic young people handle disagreements… It is so...

19.11.21 On a rather damp Friday in November of last year I did a Forest School fire cooking session for one of our 6th form classes. I...

After a long time apart it was so touching to see the whole Holmewood community being able to reunite at our fun packed, rescheduled...

Forest School is a Scandinavian concept developed in the 1950’s and which is still very much alive and relevant today. We spoke to Ms...

This summer Holmewood students achieved astonishing success in their exam results. When taken into account what a challenging and...

It’s the first day of a new school year and on this day every September I stand before the students and staff and bring them a message...

By Lisa Camilleri Christmas-time and other festivals can bring unique challenges to autistic people including disrupted or broken...

Written by Lisa Camilleri Nearly half a term into the new academic year, and I have found a few moments of calm to reflect on how we are...

Thoughts on Homework by Ms Young, Head of Upper School The definition of school is an institution for educating children. The definition...

by Naj D’Silva, Assistant Head In the midst of lockdown I stumbled across what arguably turned out to be the most useful nineteen hours...

It is with great pleasure that I can inform you that the Autism Accreditation Award Committee has awarded The Holmewood School an...

The Holmewood School wins Senior Leadership team AND special needs initiative of the year at the prestigious Tes Independent School...

Earlier today I was very proud when a 12 year old student came to see me with a special award from one of his teachers for standing up...

Lisa Camilleri, Head of The Holmewood School London was asked to contribute to a winter well-being blog, as part of a coaching and...

‘Taking Steps to be the best you can be’ We are delighted to announce Footprints Life Camp in partnership with The Holmewood School won...