The Mulberry Bush

The Mulberry Bush is a not-for-profit charity consisting of The Mulberry Bush School, a non-maintained residential special school with a three-year programme which runs for 38-weeks a year, working with vulnerable and severely traumatised primary aged children and their families from across England and Wales, The Mulberry Bush Outreach, our outreach and training department and The International Centre for Therapeutic Care.Our school is a non-maintained residential special school, National Teaching School and National Support School, working with vulnerable and severely traumatised primary aged children and their families from across England and Wales. Children are referred due to their severe social, emotional and mental health difficulties which have resulted in their inability to be cared for in the dynamics of a family environment or any local school provision. Most have suffered a severe trauma in their first years of life, with experiences of emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and / or neglect.The Mulberry Bush Outreach was designated a National Teaching School in 2013. Using the Mulberry Bush values our ambition is to work collaboratively with education, social care and health providers to develop outstanding outcomes for vulnerable children across the country. This is achieved through the promotion of professional staff and organisational development underpinned by research.The International Centre for Therapeutic Care is a free alliance to share knowledge about therapeutic residential and foster care for children and young people, and to support the use of reflective practice and research, in order to improve service quality, and ensure excellent outcomes.