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Sarah Hartley
Registered Manager
Sarah has worked in residential care for 18 years and leads our day-to-day care planning.
Now welcoming new placements · Huddersfield
A safe, sunny home where every child is seen.
Byram House is a small residential care home in Huddersfield supporting children and young people with Learning Disabilities and Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties. We're here to help them grow, learn, and feel they belong.
OfstedRegistered & regulated
4 : 1Staff to young people ratio
Ages 8–18LD & EBD specialist support
— Our home
Somewhere to land. Somewhere to grow.
A nurturing residential setting on the outskirts of Huddersfield, designed around the needs of children with Learning Disabilities and Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties.
Byram House is a five-bedroom Victorian home with large gardens, a sensory room, and quiet spaces where young people can take a breath. Every child has their own bedroom which they help decorate when they move in — because feeling at home starts with somewhere that feels like yours.
Our approach is therapeutic, trauma-informed, and built on long-term relationships. We work closely with schools, CAMHS, social workers, and families to make sure every young person has a plan that's genuinely theirs — one built around their interests, their goals, and the way they best learn and communicate.
Days at Byram are calm, predictable, and full of small wins: cooking together, walking to the local park, weekend trips into the Pennines, and quiet evenings reading or gaming. Routine matters. So does laughter.
Therapeutic care
Trauma-informed approaches with on-site therapy support and clinical supervision.
Bespoke spaces
A sensory room, a chill-out snug, gardens, and bedrooms each child makes their own.
Education first
Strong links with local SEN schools and on-site tuition when that's the right fit.
Joy in the everyday
Cooking, walks on the moors, music, sport, and long evenings just being a kid.
— Around the home
A look inside
Byram House.
Spaces designed to feel calm, familiar, and welcoming — with plenty of room to play, to learn, and to be quiet when that’s what’s needed.
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Photographed across our home and gardens — names and faces of the young people in our care are kept private throughout. — The Byram House team
— Meet the team
The people who make Byram, Byram.
A consistent, well-trained team is the single most important thing we offer. Most of our staff have been with us for over five years.
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David Ahmed
Deputy Manager
Specialist in autism & LD support, David also runs our weekly community outings.
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Priya Okafor
Therapeutic Lead
Priya holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and oversees each child's therapy plan.
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James Whitaker
Education Liaison
James connects the home with local schools and supports learning at home when needed.