Addressing the triad of specific features - social interaction,
social communication and social imagination - to reduce the effect
that the Autism Spectrum has on children’s learning
About Us
A message from our eminent Patron Esther Rantzen
“Over the years special needs schools have been brutally phased out, instead of being expanded and developed, and, in many places, as the Children’s Commissioner has pointed out, for children affected by autism, simply don’t exist.
The new school, its facilities and potential to help youngsters diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition is a credit to what Anna Kennedy and her dedicated team have achieved over the years.
Baston House is a wonderful facility that is so desperately needed in our country and I am delighted to be associated with helping children with autism achieve their full potential”.
Esther Rantzen
Patron - Baston House School
The new school, its facilities and potential to help youngsters diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition is a credit to what Anna Kennedy and her dedicated team have achieved over the years.
Baston House is a wonderful facility that is so desperately needed in our country and I am delighted to be associated with helping children with autism achieve their full potential”.
Esther Rantzen
Patron - Baston House School
About Hillcrest Autism Services Limited
Hillcrest Autism Services is part of the Hillcrest family of educational establishments. Hillcrest are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of children’s homes, foster care and schools for children with learning difficulties and emotional behavioural disorders.
www.hillcrestcare.co.uk
www.hillingdonmanorschool.org.uk
About Anna Kennedy
Anna Kennedy is the mother of two boys, Patrick and Angelo, who are both affected by autism.In 1997, in response to the growing need for support for parents of children with autism Anna founded the registered charity Hillingdon Care and Support (HACS). Two years later in 1999 having been turned away by no fewer than 26 special needs schools when searching for appropriate educational facilities for her sons she remortgaged her home and transformed a derelict council building in Middlesex, West London into Hillingdon Manor School. The school, which is now a centre of excellence, has earned considerable recognition for its outstanding work, and caught the imagination of Esther Rantzen who is now its patron.
In 2008 Anna co-authored her best selling biography “Not Stupid” which poignantly portrayed her struggle to find appropriate provision for her boys – a story which will be familiar to many parents who feel they could not get what they felt their children needed from the local education authority.
Anna’s story appeared as an hour long BBC ’pick of the day’ Video Diary documentary and her story has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers, including the Times Educational Supplement, The Times, The Observer, The Guardian, The Daily Mirror and The Daily Mail.
Anna is regularly invited to speak at conferences on the subject of Autism and has also taken part in numerous TV talk shows and news programmes.
In 2009 she won ‘Woman of the Year’ an award run in conjunction with The Observer newspaper and Smooth Radio and earlier this year was the recipient of the coveted Institute of Directors (IOD) Chairman’s special award for outstanding contribution to the community.
www.annakennedyonline.com
Baston House School, Baston Road, Hayes, Bromley, Kent, BR2 7AB Tel: +44 (0) 20 8462 1010