Awards
Since we opened TCES North West London and TCES East London in 2009, we have had 100% (a total of ten) ‘Good’ (70%) or ‘Outstanding’ (30%) Ofsted inspections. That is a record of consistent high quality that we are very proud of.
TCES North West London
- 17/03/2010 – Ofsted ‘Good’ Inspection report
- 03/07/2013 – Ofsted ‘Good’ inspection with two ‘Outstanding’ standards
- 07/02/2017 – Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ Inspection report
- 19/11/2019 – Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ Inspection report
- 15/03/2022 – Ofsted ‘Good’ inspection with two ‘Outstanding’ standards
- 13/03/2025 – Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ inspection with six ‘Outstanding’ standards
TCES East London
- 10/11/2010 – Ofsted ‘Good’ inspection with one ‘Outstanding’ standard
- 25/03/2014 – Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ Inspection report
- 07/09/2016 – Ofsted ‘All standards met’
- 10/07/2018 – Ofsted ‘Good’ Inspection report
- 15/11/2022 – Ofsted ‘Good’ inspection with one ‘Outstanding’ standard
‘Real’ and not symbolic Inclusion
TCES has a proud record of inclusion and values of ‘never giving up’ on our pupils and we have lived those values over the past 25 years with no permanent exclusions and now, over the past six years, no fixed-term exclusions/suspensions either.
pearson national teaching awards 2024
Silver National Award for Excellence in Special Needs: TCES North West London celebrated in June 2024 their Maths teacher, who won a Pearson’s Silver National Award for Excellence in Special Needs Education
Inclusion Quality Mark
TCES East London: The Inclusion Quality Mark is a nationally recognised framework for schools who demonstrate highly inclusive values of inclusion
TCES North West London: The Inclusion Quality Mark is a nationally recognised framework for schools who demonstrate highly inclusive values of inclusion
quality mark for PE and sports
TCES East London has achieved the Quality Mark for PE and Sports which is a prestigious award that evidences the strength and quality of Physical Education, School Sport and Physical Activity (PESSPA) in our school
artsmark 2020
TCES North West London achieved a Platinum ArtsMark Award in September 2020. This is the highest award and accolade in recognition of the school’s commitment to, and excellence in, arts education. Artsmark is Arts Council England’s award recognising excellence in cultural education.
pearson national teaching awards 2020
Silver National Award for Excellence in Special Needs: TCES North West London celebrated in September 2020 their Head of Arts Faculty, who won a Pearson’s Silver National Award for Excellence in Special Needs Education
send awards 2019
Finalists 2019: TCES were nominated as finalists for the SEND Awards 2019 celebrating the most inclusive practice for young people in schools, colleges, educational settings and employment across the UK
nasen awards 2019
National Award in SEND Leadership: Our CEO Thomas Keaney won the NASEN (National Association of Special Education Needs) SEND Leader of the Year 2019
national diversity awards 2019
Life Time Achiever Award Finalist: Thomas was also shortlisted for the 2019 finals of the National Diversity Lifetime Achiever Award
quality management systems
TCES holds an ISO 9001 Quality Management System award. ISO 9001 is the international standard for a quality management system. The standard is used by organisations to demonstrate their ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements and to demonstrate continuous improvement
goldsmiths independent research study
In November 2019 to mark our twentieth anniversary an Independent in-depth, qualitative research project is published by researchers from Goldsmiths University of London. The Research project ‘A Journey of Change: From Social isolation to Inclusion’ indicated that “We have observed ‘Authentic Therapeutic Education’ at its finest …and “The outcomes of this research project demonstrate that TCES is highly effective in transforming the lives of pupils, educationally, emotionally and socially”