What We Do
Hospital and Outreach Education (HOE) is an Alternative Provision Academy and is part of The Skylark Partnership Trust. HOE provides educational support for children and young people with complex medical and/or mental health needs which prevent them from attending school full time.
There are teaching provisions at the general hospitals in Kettering and Northampton and at The Sett and The Burrows (Tier 4 CAMHS Units) in Northampton. We work with pupils who are resident in North or West Northamptonshire through our Delapre Learning Centre in Northampton (Y11 and 12) and in pupils’ homes, community locations and Stanwick Lakes via our Bridge Reintegration programme (pupils below Y11).
The HOE team is led by James Shryane and is made up of highly qualified teachers and support staff. All staff are appropriately trained and employ a broad range of skills and engagement techniques to help children and young people recognise and celebrate their strengths, overcome their difficulties, cope with their medical/mental health conditions, and re-engage with life-long learning.
We also work very closely with multi-agency colleagues from health, CAMHS, social care and other teams within North and West Northamptonshire Local Authorities.
Pupils educated through HOE range in age from 5 to 18 years and may be from across the whole ability range. Pupils are dual registered with their home schools.