Mission
To be a sustainable community for progressive, autonomous, human-scale education that nurtures and develops students inclusively; co-creating personalised learning that inspires a life of wonder and success.
Hawthorn Learning
Vision
Our vision is to fulfil our mission by creating enhanced education, learning and support, on a part-time basis, for home-educated students and their families, particularly those with neurodivergences or school anxiety. This alternative and flexible provision will be a professionally facilitated consent-based learning environment, known as the pod. To meet the needs of those students we will offer an alternative style of education centred around our values and guiding principles.
There are steps and stages to our growth to this position.
Stage 1: Branch pod
We opened the Branch pod in September 2023 catering to 11-17 year olds. We are now nearly full.
Stage 2: Twig pod
The Twig pod (for 8 to 12 year olds) opened in September 2024 and are now over half full.
Branch pod now caters for 12-17 years.
We will be located at our permanent site at Heather Hill near Beaulieu (New Forest)
Stage 3: Additional pod
We hope to expand from two pod groups to three and maybe even four during 2025.
Stage 4: Expansion and Hawthorn Small School
Our hope is to build a small school with the same ethos as our learning pod which will begin development in September 2025.
