Articles & News

Therapeutic strategies: Modelling & recasting

25th November 2024

Modelling and recasting are two effective therapeutic strategies we use at Abingdon House School to support children with speech or language difficulties. Rukhaiya Ebrahim, Therapy Lead & SaLT at our…

Why choose a specialist provision

18th November 2024

  AHS Headteacher, Rory Vokes-Dudgeon, on the benefits of a specialist provision for neurodiverse students. Why choose a specialist provision? Abingdon House School is an independent specialist provision for children…

‘These tools have allowed me to achieve’: Accessibility at AHS

17th October 2024

Accessibility is built into everything we do at AHS, and technology plays a crucial role in tailoring our teaching to the unique learning profiles of our students.  We are the…

We’re a Voice 21 Oracy School!

30th September 2024

We’re excited to share a new initiative we’re working on with Voice 21, the national oracy education charity, to develop our students’ oracy skills. Oracy is all about speaking and listening…

The AHS summer exhibition

9th August 2024

At the end of the summer term, the Senior School hosted the Abingdon House School summer exhibition, which showcased artworks from across the academic year. If you missed it, here…

AHS student wins the Harry Hewitt Memorial Prize

16th July 2024

We are delighted to share that Abingdon House School’s very own Eddie has won the Equals magazine Harry Hewitt Memorial Prize for 2024. Published by The Mathematical Association, Equals is…

Young People & Communities Conference at New City Hall

26th June 2023

Last Friday our students visited the Young People & Communities Conference at New City Hall in the Docklands to see their artwork (“Racism Extinction”) showcased at the entrance and to…

London Youth Rowing – Out On The Water

22nd June 2023

This academic year we have organised rowing sessions (using indoor rowing machines) on Monday and Wednesday mornings for students seeking a movement break during their morning well-being time slot. To…

Speech and Language Disorders and Classroom Performance

20th June 2023

What do we know? The impact of speech, language, and communication difficulties is wide-reaching. Language is considered to be the foundation for communication, and without a secure base in this…

Young Enterprise at Old Spitalfields Market

26th March 2023

Recently Ms Redmond and I had the privilege of taking Dracaena, Moon Cactus and Monstera out to run a stall at Old Spitalfields Market, as part of the Young Enterprise…