Who we are
Castle School is a specialist provision for children and young people with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties. At Castle School, we aim to:- Be a happy, safe, caring environment for all our pupils and staff.
- Be a friendly and stimulating environment where learning is fun and interesting.
- Provide a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum appropriate to the needs of each child or young person, taught and assessed through individual learning programmes.
- Provide relevant opportunities and experiences out of the Academy to help our young people understand being part of a wider community.
- Develop the self esteem, self awareness and confidence of each of our pupils.
- Work in partnership with parents, carers and other professionals.
Home Learning Quick Links
" If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn."
Ignacio Estrada
" Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I will remember. Involve me and I will understand. Step back and I will act."
Chinese Proverb
" Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don’t fit into boxes."
Tori Amos
Let’s Get Social
Castle School
1d
🎼'It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...'🎼🎄
missgeekypants
1d
Daniel and Amelias Elves got up to some mischief last night 🤭 @Castle_Sch_NCEA
zoe anderton
1d
@Castle_Sch_NCEA we had amazing time at gibside Christmas light trail. Was lovely seeing all the lights. Thanks sky vip for our tickets to go. #skyvip
Castle School
3d
Join us throughout December to learn some new Christmas Makaton signs. Thank you to our Makaton Tutor, Stef and her wonderful helpers for sharing Day 1-7 with us all. (Thank you @ThomasCompSci for sharing the idea)
#MakatonAdventCalendar #WeTalkMakaton
zoe anderton
3d
@Castle_Sch_NCEA day 5 Mickey and stitch made a Christmas light trail as that is where we are going tonight at gibside 🙂
missgeekypants
3d
Lollypop was hiding with a present from Santa this morning! Daniel loved solving clues to find him. @Castle_Sch_NCEA