The Childrens Hospital School

The Hospital School at The Children Hospital at Westmead, the largest hospital school in NSW, provides quality education to support the development of motivated, resilient students who become critical and creative thinkers through access to high quality personalised learning. This unique school accommodates patients from throughout NSW, other states and overseas. A daily enrolment of over 100 Kindergarten to Year 12 students with each student period of enrolment varying from as little as 10 days to a longer stay according to their period of hospitalisation. Our students come from both government and non- government schools and attend either in one of our four classrooms or are taught at the bedside by our ward teachers.
Our Principal leads the highly qualified and experienced teaching staff, who is trained in primary or secondary teaching with expertise in Special Education, Emotional Disturbance or Hearing Loss. Each class is supported by a School Learning Support Officer who provides additional individual assistance to implement Personalised Learning and Support Plans as well as facilitating students’ growth towards independence as they transition back to their census school. Students patterns of study are supported and maintained through liaison with the census school.
In partnership with all stakeholders including students and their families, medical staff, allied health professionals, government and non-government agencies and census schools, we provide continuity of educational services in a centre for expertise to students who are hospitalised with chronic and serious illnesses.
Our Learning Support Team coordinates accommodations and adjustments to meet all students needs relating to their personal care, safety, self- regulation or social interaction, which impacts significantly on their participation and learning.