Welcome

To the Children's Hospital School at Great Ormond Street and UCLH

It is my privilege to be the Headteacher of this incredible community for pupils with medical needs. The Children’s Hospital School at Great Ormond Street and UCLH opened its doors just over 70 years ago in 1951 with just two teachers and now has a team of just over 40 staff ensuring educational achievement, continuity and enjoyment for patients facing long stay admissions in hospital.

The School plays an essential academic role for patients in the hospital who can miss significant amounts of time out of school as well as an important holistic role providing families an important element of ‘ordinary life’ in what can at times be an overwhelming experience of a clinical environment.

The School is at the forefront of bringing the outside world inside straight to the bedside; from minibeasts in mobile ponds to 3D printed replica objects from Museums; our teachers always go the extra mile to engage their pupils in learning across the curriculum. Using virtual environments during the pandemic was not new to our school and has always been a method for connecting children within the hospital and back home, enabling them to share their learning with peers.

School plays, virtual choirs, weekly awards and even exams make this school as familiar as possible for children meaning however extraordinary their experiences the ordinary is just as important as part of their recovery process.

Whether you are a parent, a pupil, a potential job applicant, or an interested visitor, I hope you enjoy finding out more about the Children’s Hospital School at GOSH & UCLH from our website.

We look forward to welcoming you to our learning community in the future.

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Enterprise Project

In this years Enterprise Project, students made and sold Christmas decorations. They budgeted for...

A trip to the Zoo!

This week our pupils were able to take a ZOOm trip to Whipsnade Zoo! They met the giraffes and...

Virtual Chef

This term we had a virtual visit from Chef Derek Quelch who delivered our first Chefs Adopt a...

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Savannah

Tundra

Wetland

Hedgerow

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Achievements

GOSH

Work of the week

Samiun - for Lego programming

UCLH

Work of the week

Zayn - for excellent 3D printing

Star of the Week

Ismaeel (GOSH) - for excellent effort in all lessons

Mohammed (GOSH) - For working so hard in all his lessons in school and for contributing in the WW lesson.

Philippa (UCH) - for consistently working hard in the schoolroom this week.

Tomi (UCH) - for being kind, hardworking and conscientious

Friendship

Rowan (GOSH) - for engaging with another pupil and talking about their shared interest in Uno

Brianna (GOSH) - for being super lovely to a younger child on the ward

Robert (GOSH) - for engaging with another pupil and talking about their shared interest in Uno and for being encouraging and complimentary to his peers

Determination

Brianna (GOSH) - for working so hard all week

Alexis (GOSH) - for being such a hard-working superstar

Rocco (GOSH) - for fantastic determination in maths

Izzy (UCH) - for continued determination to engage with school work

Ambrose (UCH) - for great determination to complete school lessons even when it was difficult for him

Certificate of Engagement

Freddy (GOSH) - for being so kind and polite to your teacher