CURRICULUM

Our curriculum is carefully designed and developed to match pupils individual needs. Staff develop teaching strategies specific to students targets and EHCP plans.

APPROACH

We provide an aspirational and clearly sequenced curriculum, which provides our learners with a clear pathway from Key stage 2 through to Key stage 4.

Literacy, numeracy, and digital skills for education and employment.

Fluent reading and comprehension developed across a diverse range of content.

Appropriate qualifications in English, Maths, and at least three other subjects.

Essential skills and character traits for a fulfilling and productive life.

Well cultivated social capital for meaningful relationships and effective societal functioning.

Outcomes of their Education Health and Care Plans (EHCP) fully met.

Due to the small number of students that take public examinations, as a school we do not publish exam data.

OUR CURRICULUM

At Castles Education we pride ourselves in providing an education that is engaging, creative and accessible to all of our learners at any point in the academic year.

We believe in providing our learners with a positive and robust educational experience, encouraging them to develop their full potential, build confidence and resilience, and where appropriate provide a pathway to reintegrate back into formal and/or mainstream education.

Our teaching staff, through their empathetic approach, provide motivation support, and guidance to our learners in every way possible to cater for their educational, social, and emotional needs whilst overall raising their academic aspirations and personal self-esteem.

“Leaders have developed a well structured curriculum that is adapted well to match pupils individual needs..”

— ISI Inspection Report 2025

A LOVE OF LEARNING

We aim to empower our students with the necessary tools and for academic success, lifelong learning and active participation in the community.

We will do this by focusing our approach on key development areas.

Delivering exciting learning experiences across our curriculum.

Developing inspiration, challenge and engagement through great teaching.

Being led by our pupils interests and developmental levels.

Making learning fun, creative and relevant.

Offering new opportunities an life experiences.

Preparation for life and for our pupils future choices.

“Pupils develop confidence in themselves and their aspirations for their future lives.”

— ISI Inspection Report 2025

“Leaders have developed a rigorous framework for assessment that enables them to review each pupils progress against the targets and aspirations set out in their EHC Plans.”

“Assessment is used purposefully in lessons and informs staffs planning for pupils next steps.”

— ISI Inspection Report 2025

INSPECTION REPORT 2025

Our most recent ISI Inspection highlighted the success of our assessment processes in and rigorous educational framework that ensures every pupil progresses towards the targets and aspirations set out in their Education Health and Care plans.