I am honoured to be the Headteacher at John Chilton School with its experienced, skilled and dedicated staff and our fantastic pupils who are an inspiration to us all. Every day I take pride in the community that we have built as a team, learning from each other.  

The school is an exciting, stimulating and innovative place to learn and we take huge satisfaction in knowing our young people well, in striving for improvement and in providing them with an environment in which they feel safe, well-supported and encouraged to succeed. We ensure that we meet the differing needs of our pupils by adapting the environment, developing learning pathways and having specialist teams and resources hroughout the school.

Our pupils deserve the very best educational opportunities, and we endeavour to help them achieve their best in terms of their learning, independence, confidence and motivation which are central to our ethos.  We do this in partnership with the many professionals and other organisations with whom we work and chiefly, we aim to work in partnership with parents who know their children best.  We are approachable and supportive; parents are always welcome to contact us to arrange a meeting to discuss their child’s provision and progress.

If you would like to visit John Chilton School, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment or arrange to speak with me if you have any queries.

Your children are unique.  We feel honoured to assist their holistic development during their school years and can assure you that we will do whatever we can to make their time here happy and successful.     

The staff and Governors of the school share the ethos and vision that:

"At John Chilton School, we strive to promote the development of confident, motivated and independent learners in a sociable, safe and accessible environment; supported by communication and engagement between home, school and partnerships."

We are an all age Reception to Y13 Community Special School (London Borough of Ealing) for pupils with moderate to severe and complex learning difficulties as a primary need or as a dual diagnosis to their medical, sensory and/or physical needs.

Presently (October 2018) there are 109 pupils on roll with a planned place provision of 90. 20% of pupils come from surrounding LAs

Co-located with all age Alec Reed Academy since 2005 offering opportunities for integration for both schools. ARA is a significant partner.

The school is organised into three pathways: Engagement (Blue), Nurture (Purple) and Structured (Red). The approaches used differ in order to meet the needs of the diverse cohorts.

The school is organised into two departments; Primary and Secondary. Primary groupings are arranged depending on numbers in year groups: in 2018-2019 there are two R/1/2 classes and three classes in KS2. Secondary is divided into Phase 3 (P3) (Y7 & 8) and Phase 4 (P4) (Y9, 10 and 11) and Phase 5 (Y12 and Y13, as of September 2017) This is flexible depending on the numbers of pupils in each phase. In year 2018-2019, four Y11 pupils are being educated in Phase 5 due to large numbers in Y9.