Our School

A Message from the Principal

‘Support and empower our community to discover their strengths by taking responsibility for their lives, through respect for themselves and others’.

West Heath School is an Independent Special School that supports young people with Special

Educational Needs and Disabilities from the age of 10 to 20 years old. Our school educates students

with Social, Emotional, Mental Health Needs as well as those with enduring Mental Health Needs.

It is a unique educational environment set in 32 glorious acres of Kent countryside, on the outskirts

of the town of Sevenoaks. Our staff passionately believe in the transformative power of education

to change the lives of the young people in our care.

Our philosophy is to create a nurturing environment, centred around a holistic approach, whereby

young people are welcomed, accepted for who they are, and their educational needs are

balanced with an understanding of their therapeutic requirements. Our intuitive staff are reflective

practitioners who work collaboratively with the students’ families and external professionals,

to ensure that our students make sustained progress and develop a resilience that will be their

mainstay in their future lives. Our next step in our development is to become a Therapeutic

Community.

I look forward to welcoming you to our extraordinary community that I am privileged to lead. I am

so proud of our remarkable young people, whose individual journeys have been a triumph of hope,

patience, perseverance and courage.

Mrs Photini Bohacek BA (Hons), MA, CPE, FRGS

Principal