Breckenbrough School was founded in 1934, but moved to Breckenbrough (Nr. Sandhutton, Thirsk,) in 1958. This year we celebrate our 50th year here and to commemorate this, we are having an 'Open Day.' The Open Day will be held on Wednesday, 16th July 2008 & will commence at 2pm.

All old boys, staff and old boys’ parents are warmly invited. If you wish to attend can you please contact the school.

As a further commemorative piece, we are writing a new, updated history of the school. If you would like to make a contribution & help us make updates to our history, again please contact us at the office.

On the 13th Febuary 2007 Martin Wainright from The Guardian published an article about Breckenbrough. The piece entitled "In Search of Lost Boys" appeared in the Education Supplement of the days paper. The full article can be found on the Guardian Unlimited website.

The school is developing its pond area as part of the BBC Breathing Places initiative. For further details see The Pond Development page and the BBC Breathing Places web site.

Breckenbrough School is a special needs boys residential school which has established success in supporting pupils with a variety of conditions including autistic spectrum disorders, Asperger's syndrome, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), ADD (attention deficit disorder) and BESD (behavioural, emotional and social disorders). Boys with ADHD, ADD and BESD frequently experience great difficulties in mainstream schools, yet are often of above average intelligence and at Breckenbrough School they are helped to achieve their potential, despite their educational, social and emotional problems. The school consistently scores highly on value added tables. It is considered by Ofsted to be good value for money and to offer generally above average educational and social provision. The CSCI report (the Commission for Social Care Inspection) judged there to be good provision made by the school towards the outcomes listed in Every Child Matters.

Breckenbrough School is a registered charitable trust school with a Quaker (Society of Friends) trusteeship. The school was founded in 1934 by Arthur Fitch,a Quaker psychiatrist.  There is a school ethos of peaceful conflict resolution which establishes positive relationships between the staff and boys, allowing the pupils to achieve success in both GCSE examinations and future educational and career placements. A separate 'After Care' charity continues the support and help given to the boys through into later life and from this we know that the majority go on to success. The aim of the school is to ensure that the pupils, having moved towards coping with very difficult behavioural and emotional problems such as BESD, autistic spectrum disorders and Asperger's syndrome, will be able to establish themselves within society, educational institutions and work after leaving the school.