Welcome to the Nottingham HOPE Academy, part of the NEXUS Academy Trust. I hope that you find our website interesting and informative, providing you with an insight into our school. Our school is an education provision based in the City of Nottingham for children and young people with health needs. Nottingham HOPE Academy delivers five separate provisions across four sites including:

1. The Children’s Hospital School which serves thirteen wards at the Queens Medical Centre
2. Two wards and a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the Lookout Education Centre a Hopewood CAMHS Unit
3. Nottingham Education Sanctuary Team (NEST) based at Castle Gate
4. Secondary Pathways based at Castle Gate
5. Sherwood Pathways based at the Sherwood Education Centre

NEST – Nottingham Education Sanctuary Team

NEST is a full-time educational provision for asylum seeker and refugee young people, aged 15-19 years. As a specialist provision for newly arrived asylum seekers and refugees who are new to English, many have NO previous formal educational experience and no literacy in first language.

One of the core aims is to prepare them to achieve qualifications at Entry Levels in Functional Skills Maths, Functional Skills ICT and English in the form of ESOL Skills for Life.

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The Lookout Education Centre

The Lookout Education Centre provides education for young people at The Lookout Adolescent Unit at Hopewood. The Lookout is a 32 bed inpatient facility for young people aged 12 – 18 years old. These young people are experiencing mental health difficulties that can no longer be managed in the community.

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Sherwood Education Centre and Outreach

The Sherwood Education Base Group is our small group provision which houses the Outreach Provision.

HHELC OUTREACH enables students to transition between 3 different pathways so academic and personal progress can be maintained. HHELC works closely with home schools regarding transition across the pathways when appropriate. 

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The Nottingham Children’s Hospital School

The Children’s Hospital School offers education to children and young people from Early Years Foundation Stage 2 to Post 16 across all wards at the Children’s Hospital. Teaching provides a continuity of education, and the three pathways allow pupils to make academic and personal progress through an individualised approach around their medical needs.

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