Specialising in teaching children with

social, emotional and mental health difficulties.

We are an outstanding school for primary school aged children with social, emotional and mental health difficulties. We are extremely proud of our purpose built environment which is co-located with Whitehouse Pupil Referral Unit. Staff work in partnership with families and specialists to meet the needs each child.

We are part of Venn Academy Trust. Our expert team share their inclusive teaching expertise and behaviour management skills across the Trust and further afield.

Bridgeview Special School is a dynamic and caring environment where children are at the heart of all we do. We know our children and strive for them to achieve the goals within their Education, Health and Care Plans. To achieve this, we expertly intertwine the teaching of personal development and academic learning. Our approach promotes and celebrates individuality, whilst encouraging the pursuit of excellence.

Classrooms at Bridgeview do not all look the same. Staff learn from the children to determine what their room looks like. Pupils utilise all of the room, they may choose to work on the floor, in a bean bag, under tables or even with their feet in a foot spa. We aim to widened pupil’s preferences enabling them to improve levels of engagement and promote opportunities to succeed.

We ensure our children are prepared for their next stages in education and adulthood by promoting independent learning and igniting an ambition to succeed. Our staff will be there alongside them each step of the journey.

Head of School – Mrs M Hope

Executive Headteacher – Mrs N Witham

We are very proud of our unique setting. The Whitehouse PRU is a pupil referral unit for primary school aged pupils. We help and support pupils to re-engage with their learning both academically and socially.

Our prime purpose is to prepare pupils to be ready to return to mainstream or to transfer to the most appropriate provision.

Whitehouse PRU is co-located with the Bridgeview Special School. Bridgeview is a special school for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs.

We are part of the Venn Academy Trust which consists of a group of inspirational mainstream and specialist schools in Hull and Doncaster.

Venn Academy Trust’s main objective is to ensure that all pupils make exceptional progress through the development of outstanding teachers. Our approach promotes and celebrates individuality, whilst encouraging the pursuit of excellence.

Head of School – Mr Jake Thompson

Executive Headteacher – Mrs Nicola Witham

Venn Academy Trust was formed in 2015 as a result of a strong collaborative partnership between two Headteachers, that at the time, represented four settings.

The range of Venn’s provision extends to other high quality extended services: home tuition for sick pupils, the behaviour outreach service and the Hull Royal Infirmary hospital classroom.

From the outset Venn has promoted excellent learning behaviour for all its pupils with a core focus on fostering pupil resilience in its mainstream and specialist teaching settings; resultantly, pupils make exceptional progress irrespective of starting points.

The research undertaken in Venn has secured success in developing a culture of positive learning behaviour that has revolutionised teaching in its schools. Venn are active participants in the regional and local Teaching School Alliances supporting other settings with learning behaviour delivery. In addition to this, the Trust has worked with a wide range of partners including universities to promote a culture of self-regulation in pupils.