Situated in Ruddington on the edge of Nottingham in the East Midlands, Easthorpe School provides specialist education for 7-18 year olds with social, emotional, and mental health difficulties (SEMH). Our pupils may have a number of diagnoses including: ASD, ACES, ADHD, FASD, anxiety and/or, communication and interaction, cognition, and learning needs.

We offer a high quality school based provision that makes it possible for children to:

• Engage with teaching and learning
• Attend 100%
• Strengthen skills and knowledge
• Trust the familiar people around them
• School will have a positive impact on the quality of life for both our children and the people around them.

Our curriculum enables our pupils to develop their personal, emotional, social and academic skills and knowledge.

Within our school we have two approaches to teaching and learning areas. Where the pupils are placed is carefully considered and will best meet the needs of the individual pupil.

We have a Lower School area in school where pupils have a classroom base and are taught by their class teacher supported by a Learning Support Assistant. This area in school offers consistency and a secure nurturing approach.

We also have an Upper School provision to follow a model where pupils move around classrooms with subject specific teaching in Literacy, Numeracy, Science, Art & DT, Performing Arts, Modern Foreign Languages, Computing, PSHE, PE, Outdoor Education, Life Skills and Cooking. This approach may be better suited to pupils who need an approach nearer to that of a mainstream secondary school.