Empowering People, Launching lives
BeyondAutism was founded as The Rainbow Charity in 2000, when a group of parents, led by Chair of Trustees Karen Sorab, set up Rainbow School. We started with just 3 pupils in a run-down pre-fabricated hut on the grounds of Beatrix Potter School in Wandsworth.
Since then the charity has undergone a remarkable transformation, growing exponentially in response to need. We now deliver education to pupils from 16 London Local Authorities from our Early Years’ service to our Post-19 Provision.
In 2017, to coincide with the opening of our redeveloped Upper School site, we split Rainbow School into two schools. Park House School (Reception – Year 8) and Tram House School (Year 7 – 14) were formed under the umbrella, BeyondAutism Schools.
“The first Rainbow School was hardly a school at all. It was little more than a hut, kindly lent to us by Beatrix Potter School in Wandsworth. But to my mind it still stands as a symbol: of who we are and what we can achieve through hard work, love for our children and the kindness of friends.
Now we’re extremely excited about the progress the charity is making. In the last five years we have launched a number of new services vastly increasing the number of children and young adults we can reach and in turn the number of families who benefit.”
Karen Sorab
Founder and Chair of Trustees
