This school currently has 39 boys from Year 2 through to Year 6 with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties attending. The school can provide for girls if two are ready for admission at the same time. Most pupils join the school at various points throughout Key Stage 2, with a few arriving as late as Year 5. All pupils have a statement of special educational needs. A few have additional needs including learning difficulties and complex medical needs. The school has residential facilities. Thirty-six boys reside full-time during the week and return to their homes at the weekend. A very few boys reside on a part-time basis and a few are day only pupils. A few boys are dual-registered and receive their education solely in a mainstream school. Most pupils come from Essex, but a few come from Norfolk, Thurrock, Havering and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is above the national average. Most pupils are White British. A very few pupils are from minority ethnic backgrounds and none are at an early stage of learning English.