Huntercombe Hospital School (Stafford) is one of four schools in the Huntercombe Group. It provides day education to pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs who have been admitted to the hospital. The hospital provides a tier 4 child and adolescent mental health service and is run by the same proprietary group. Pupils usually remain on their home school’s roll while undergoing treatment and can be admitted at any time during the school year, for varying lengths of time, depending on their needs. Currently, 10 of the sixth-form students are not on the roll of any school or college, and are described as ‘not in education, employment or training’ (NEET). The Inspection report: Huntercombe Hospital School Stafford, 5–7 March 2019 Page 9 of 12 school does not receive any funding from local authorities for these NEET students, unless they have an education, health and care plan, or are children looked after. At the time of the inspection, there were no pupils with a finalised education, health and care plan. The large majority of pupils at the time of the inspection were White British. There are significantly more girls than boys. None of the pupils attend alternative provision. This is the school’s second standard inspection. The school received its first standard inspection in March 2016.