Camilla China
Director & Head of Provision

Camilla China

Founder, Director and Head of Provision

Camilla China is the Founder, Director and Head of Provision at Wild Minds. She leads the strategic development, safeguarding, and delivery of specialist alternative provision for young people with complex SEND, SEMH, and mental health needs.

With over 20 years’ experience working with children, young people, and families, Camilla has built Wild Minds around a clear vision: to provide safe, structured, and relational education for learners who have struggled to thrive in mainstream or larger alternative settings.

Professional Background

Camilla’s background spans specialist education, mentoring, therapeutic support, and leadership within alternative provision. She has worked across a range of settings including SEND schools, alternative provision, and community-based services, supporting young people with autism, ADHD, trauma-related difficulties, and complex emotional needs.

Her work is informed by both professional training and lived experience of neurodivergence, giving her a grounded understanding of the challenges many learners face in education. This insight shapes the relational, low-demand, and trauma-informed approach embedded across Wild Minds.

Leadership and Approach

As Head of Provision, Camilla is responsible for:

strategic oversight of Wild Minds Alternative Provision
safeguarding and compliance
staff leadership and development
curriculum design and quality assurance
partnership working with schools and local authorities

Wild Minds is intentionally designed as a small, specialist provision, where consistency, trust, and high staff-to-student ratios allow learners to stabilise, re-engage, and make meaningful progress over time.

Values and Ethos

Camilla is committed to ensuring that young people are treated with dignity, respect, and understanding. She believes that education should adapt to the learner, not the other way around, and that progress is built through strong relationships, clear boundaries, and meaningful learning experiences.

Under her leadership, Wild Minds prioritises emotional safety, regulation, and practical skill development as foundations for long-term outcomes.

Qualifications, CPD and Professional Memberships

Details of qualifications, ongoing professional development, and accreditations are available on request and are maintained in line with safeguarding, education, and commissioning requirements.