Get in Touch
- Academy Type: Alternative Provision (AP) Academy
- Principal & Main Contact: Haydn Pearse
- Senior Administrator: Vicki Delarue
- Careers Leader: Joe Ludlow - jludlow@waveedu.org
- Designated Safeguarding Lead: Kirsteen Pope- kpope@waveedu.org
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Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead:
Pete Nicholls – pnicholls@waveedu.org
Haydn Pearse – hpearse@waveedu.org - Address: Caradon Academy. West Street, Liskeard. Cornwall. PL14 6BS
- Phone: 01579 340405
- Email: caradon@waveedu.org
- Opening Times: Mon - Thurs 08:40 - 14:00, Fri 08:40 - 13:00, 25.83 hours per week
About
Caradon Academy provides education for mainstream pupils who have been permanently excluded or are at risk of permanent exclusion or on an intervention basis. Caradon Academy is based in Liskeard, South East Cornwall; a region that includes some of the most socially and economically deprived rural areas within the county of Cornwall. The academy is a mainstream provision for pupils designated as disengaged. It is most effective when used as an early intervention strategy to re-engage pupils with their learning. Caradon Academy can take up to 40 pupils and is a mixed sex academy for pupils who have been permanently excluded or are on intervention programmes between Key Stage 1 – Key Stage 4. Caradon Academy is inspected as a mainstream provision and as such have to meet Ofsted criteria with regard to attendance, behaviour, attainment and pupil progress. In the last Ofsted inspection (2018) Caradon Academy was rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted outcome.
We work closely with all of the secondary and primary schools within our partnership to ensure the needs of those most vulnerable pupils are met. Our curriculum is tailored to meet the needs of our pupils and staff work extremely hard to ensure pupils are given every opportunity to succeed and aspire. We work closely with a diverse range of outside agencies both statutory and voluntary so that our young people can access the support and guidance they need. At Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 pupils follow a personalised learning programme linked to the national curriculum, whilst at Key Stage 4 pupils will follow a personalised learning programme which is linked to both academic qualifications and/or a vocational route, which can include work experience. The pathway followed by the pupil will be dependent on their educational needs and may include elements of on-line learning.
Pupils access the academy either through permanent exclusion or as a result of being referred to the pupil placement panel or medical pupil referral panel. This panel, made up of local schools, acts as the placement panel for pupils into and out of the academy. It is expected that a pupil in KS2 will access the academy for a maximum of 4 terms, whilst at KS3 a pupil will access the academy for up to a maximum of 3 terms. It is acknowledged that pupils in KS4 may spend the whole of that key stage in an academy.
Cornwall's Local Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Offer:
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy | Care and Support in Cornwall
Careers information:
Staff
Haydn Pearse
Principal
Haydn’s has been in teaching for 18 years. He completed his BSc Combined Hons degree in Physical Education, Sport and Human & Applied Biology in Liverpool. He completed a PGCE at Chester College before going on to teach secondary Physical Education in Worcestershire for several years before relocating to Cornwall. Haydn joined Caradon APA as a PE and PSHE teacher and has enjoyed making a difference with challenging pupils ever since in his role as Vice Principal and now principal. Outside of work Haydn loves Rugby and spending time in the outdoors with his family and dogs.
Pete Nicholls
Vice Principal
Pete has been a teacher for over 20 years, he trained in Chichester completing his B.Ed. in PE. Pete then taught PE in and around Portsmouth for a number of years, becoming a Head of Year and Key Stage manager. He moved to the South West, taking a job at Plymouth Argyle FC, teaching at a study centre delivering the Playing for Success scheme. After this scheme ended Pete joined CAPA and since arriving there he has taught PE then maths before becoming acting Vice Principal. Pete enjoys walking his dog and watching as much sport as he can get away with.
Ali Pearse
SENCO
Ali studied a BA Hons Key Stag 2/3 PE degree at University College Worcester. She then taught across both Primary, Middle and Secondary schools in Worcestershire before moving to Cornwall in 2007. Ali has since qualified as a SENDCO and has been doing this role for 3 1/2 years. Ali loves to be outdoors as much as possible and enjoy gardening, running with her dogs along the amazing Cornwall coastal paths and heading to the North Coast beaches with her family for a spot of body boarding.
Kirsteen Pope
Pastoral Support Manager
Kirsteen has worked with Children, Young People and Families for over 20 years. As a Specialist Careers Adviser and Personal Adviser, she worked in mainstream and special schools. Kirsteen has also been an Early Help Officer, an Attendance Officer and worked as a Senior Professional Youth Worker in many fields, with many years working with Missing Children under the Child Exploitation Agenda, working front line with families from advocacy, guidance sessions to child protection.
As a Trainer, she has enjoyed her eclectic career and is a passionate learner: Post Graduate Diploma in Guidance, Post Graduate Diploma in Youth & Community Work, PG Cert in L&M, Diploma for Personal Advisers, Substance Misuse NVQ & A1 Assessor.
Outside of work, Kirsteen has lived in Scotland, France, Spain, Cyprus and is now living in England. She loves family time with her kids and dog, from crafting to beach fun and forest walks in wellies.
Our Curriculum at Caradon
At Caradon, our vision, in line with that of the Trust, is to aim to re-engage our pupils through rich educational provision that re-cognises and responds to the individual needs of our pupils. We aim to enable pupils to achieve their true potential through a relational approach, the use of play, the outdoors, curiosity, empathy and reflection.
Our curriculum at Caradon is underpinned by the values of the Trust.
- BE POSITIVE It is our intention to stay constructive, optimistic and confident both for and with our young people and their families.
- HAVE EMPATHY We consider the consequences of our decisions, large and small on those around us.
- SHOW RESPECT We respect each other and those we work with.
- WORK AS ONE TEAM When we work together we are stronger. Together we will achieve more
- BE INCLUSIVE Everybody is treated fairly and equally; no-one is marginalised or left behind.
Our curriculum at Caradon is linked to our overarching intent that we:
- Provide a calm, caring learning environment where pupils feel safe and secure through a relational/Trauma informed approach
- Re-engage pupils with learning through a flexible curriculum approach
- Provide a highly personalised education and for pupils to achieve high standards and make good or outstanding progress
- Enable those not achieving expectations to narrow the gap and catch up with their peers
- Develop pupil’s Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural (SMSC) understanding
- Enable pupils to understand and respect the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs
- Enable pupil's to successfully achieve L1 and L2 qualification to support their next steps
- Develop pupil’s personal, learning and thinking skills in order to become independent learners
- Develop high quality functional skills, including key literacy and numeracy skills
- For pupils to be challenged and stretched to achieve their potential - Prepare pupils for next steps in education
- Pupils to enjoy and be committed to learning
- To provide pupils with enriched experiences so they value their learning outside of the curriculum, both in school and through the exploration of our local community and Cornish landscape we aim to quip our pupils as responsible members of our global society
Primary
The Primary team at Caradon Academy, are an experienced team of six, who provide and equip our children with a breadth of skills to progress socially, emotionally, academically, and creatively, whilst also encouraging and providing a nurturing and positive environment where the children can feel safe and secure enough to thrive.
Our curriculum is designed to incorporate academic lessons, weekly outdoor learning, and enriching experiences, to nurture and ignite a love of learning. We currently follow the National Curriculum in all subjects in both lower and upper key stage 2, and use schemes such as The Hamilton Trust and White Rose Maths to support effective planning and delivery. We follow half termly themes in History, Geography and Science, which are strongly supported by our reading spine to develop curiosity around the topic and a love of reading. Alongside this, we also understand how important each and every child’s social and emotional development is. We deliver programmes and approaches, such as Zones of Regulation and Growth Mindset, outdoor learning and animal care to foster to develop character and self-confidence. British Values is intertwined across the curriculum, as a basis for moral and cultural exploration. This allows us to support our pupils to become responsible members of our global society, whilst also supporting them to move on to the next academic chapter, with confidence and self-belief.
At Caradon Academy, encouraging a love of, and confidence in reading, is at the heart of all lessons. We strive to teach children to read effectively and through using the synthetic phonics programme, Read Write Inc. (RWI), we are able to support the children to learn the 44 common sounds, sight vocabulary, decoding and encoding words, as well as spelling and accurate letter formation. As part of our approach, children who require ‘targeted’ support, will receive ‘fast track tutoring’, which is delivered by a RWI trained member of staff on a 1:1 basis. Additionally, if needed, in upper KS2 we use also use ‘Fresh Start’, which provides support and interventions in line with the RWI approach at an age appropriate level.
Opportunities to read discretely and directly throughout the day, and using specific praise for our readers, is cultivating an environment of capable and enthusiastic readers. In Upper Key Stage 2 -for those pupils who are not following our synthetics phonics program- we currently follow the National Curriculum for English, where we encompass a holistic key text based approach interwoven with spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
We recognise and respond to the rights of our pupils and our use of play, curiosity, empathy and reflection allows us to facilitate the growth and personal development of our primary pupils to support them to participate fully in and contribute positively to life in modern Britain by making a positive contribution to society.
You can find out about our broad and varied Primary curriculum taught subjects within our subject pages.
Key Stage 3
We run a 'rolling programme' where pupils are taught in mixed year group classes at Key Stage 3 due to small class numbers, and who may remain with Alternative Provision for longer than a Year. (Though we remain short stay). Our spiral design ensures each pupils receives teaching of the knowledge, understanding and skills within this planning they need from their various starting points. It is flexible and dynamic enough to be able to respond to need in this way- in Maths and Science, for example,-but draws from the National Curriculum. For example, see our Curriculum blog about Science at KS3. See
https://www.wavemat.org/pupils-parents/the-curriculum-blog.
In Key Stage 3, here is a sample of a typical academic taught curriculum our students may receive, whilst we remain innovative and able to adapt to cohort need. - see PDF below. For more information, please contact us.
Key Stage 4
Here are the qualifications we teach at Caradon, as well as our enriched and PSHE/RSE programme of study and Careers guidance. For more details, please contact us.
- AQA GCSE English
- AQA GCSE English Literature
- AQA GCSE Mathematics
- AQA GCSE Art & Design
- AQA GCSE Biology
- BTEC Vocational Studies
- BTEC Home Cooking
- BTEC Introductory Certificate in Sport
- Functional Skills Maths & English
- Entry Level Maths
At Key Stage 3 and 4, we enrich our taught academic curriculum throughout each day and school week. The following gives you a taste of how we do this:
- Includes daily meet and greet/breakfast with keyworkers
- ½ Termly Themes linked to Growth Mind Set and Skills Builder are interwoven throughout
- National curriculum based academic focus with daily lesson in Maths, English and Science
- Includes Art & Design, PE Health and wellbeing, PSHE/Careers and Outdoor Learning
- Daily enrichment sessions that cover a wide range of activities such as outdoor learning, music, art, film, carpentry, cooking, PE/Games, mindfulness and meditation.
- Enriched break and lunch times alongside adults providing opportunities for play where students can further develop their social skills, peer interactions, build trusted relationships with staff and develop a sense of belonging
- All Pupils have additional literacy lessons 4 days a week
- Pupils follow bespoke reading programmes and beginning this year interventions through Freshstart, The skills Academy – National Literacy Trust and Fix It Reading
- KS3 curriculum includes “Zones of Regulation” and “Social Thinking” to support emotional development
- As part of our careers programme we follow the skills builder framework, which shows how to build essential skills at every stage of life. This includes 8 essential skills; listening, speaking, problem solving, creativity, staying positive, aiming high, leadership and teamwork.
- We work with Careers south West and an independent careers advisor to support our careers programme as well as the national citizen service to teach the following areas;
- Health & Wellbeing
- Post-COVID Socialisation
- Preparing to return to education
- Career Progressio
- Employabilit
- Skills for Independent Living
- British Values & Citizenship
- Volunteering & Social Action
- Weekly Themed Assemblies – supporting SMSC/Cultural Capital and PSHE
Documents
Subject Areas
Maths
English & Reading
Science
In years 7, 8 and 9 students follow the AQA Key Stage 3 Science syllabus where they explore 10 key elements across Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Theoretical work is reinforced using a range of practicals to bring their learning to life and to encourage students to think and work scientifically. In years 10 and 11 we offer our students BTEC Level 1 First Award in Applied Science, which can be topped up to BTEC Level 1 First Certificate in Applied Science. These are taught alongside and embedded into the AQA GCSE Biology curriculum. AQA GCSE Biology gives students the chance to gain a good understanding of human biology, organisms, evolution and the environment. Students sit two Biology papers in the summer term which examine both the syllabus content as well as knowledge and application of the set required practicals.
Art & Creativity
In years 7, 8 and 9 students follow an in-school programme where they explore 5 key elements; drawing, painting, world art, clay work and a personal project. For years 10 and 11 we offer our students BTEC Level 2 First Award in Art and Design. Students in both key stages have use of facilities such as screen printing and equipment such as a potter’s wheel, a kiln and use of a workshop where they can explore 3D work with tools and a variety of materials.
Design Technology & Vocational
In years 7, 8 and 9 students explore a variety of Design Technology aspects such as Textiles, Food and Nutrition and Resistant Materials. Whilst studying these projects students have access to sewing machines, fabric dyes and the workshop where they can work with a variety of tools and materials. For years 10 and 11 students study BTEC Level 2 Home Cooking, a course endorsed by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. Students have the opportunity to work in our school kitchen creating meals and developing key life skills such as cooking, hygiene and safe working practice.
Humanities
PE & Outdoor Learning
Personal Development: Enrichment & Engagement
Thrive
Here at Caradon Academy, we embrace the Thrive approach throughout the school and merge it within day to day lessons and school life. The Thrive approach is a whole school approach, which promotes and supports the social and emotional development and wellbeing of every student within our care. Thrive is brought together by the latest neuroscience; attachment theories and child developmental researches to encourage and support each child’s needs by observing their behaviors. Doing so, as a school, we are then able to implement effective support to not only help with social emotional development, but also able to encourage each child to re-engage with learning. Working with licensed practitioners, teachers and support staff throughout the school, staff at Caradon, are able to implement this approach alongside curriculum lessons. Children within the school have tailored action plans to help staff with strategies and activities to help with embracing the Thrive approach within lesson. Sometimes we find some of our students may need a little more support with their social emotional development and well-being, therefore the licensed practitioner on site will be able to provide 1 to 1 sessions within the student’s time table. Staff within Caradon follow and believe in the Thrive approach and that every child matters
Referrals
Wave Multi Academy Trust work with the Local Authority regarding Referrals and placements at our Alternative Provision Academies. Please follow this link to Cornwall Education Welfare Services. Phone number 01872 323400
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/schools-and-education/education-welfare-service/
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Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy
Caradon Academy recognises that the safety and welfare of children is paramount and that we have a responsibility to protect children in all of our academy activities. We take all reasonable steps to ensure, through appropriate procedures and training, that all children, irrespective of sex, age, disability, race, religion or belief, sexual identity or social status, are protected from abuse.
We endeavour to provide a safe and welcoming environment where children are respected and valued. We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow procedures to ensure that children and young people receive effective support, protection and justice.
We listen to our pupils and take seriously whet they tell us, children are aware of the adults they can talk to if they have a concern. When there are concerns for a child's welfare, we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies. We will ensure concerns are discussed with parents/.carers first unless we have reason to believe that by doing so would be contrary to the child's welfare.
Our Child Protection and Safeguarding policy underpins and guides our safeguarding procedures and protocols.
