About Charlton School
School Profile
Charlton School opened in September 2001. It is a Group 7 Community Special (ages 11–19) School, maintained by the London Borough of Greenwich, for students with low incidence special educational needs.
The school was established within a borough wide re-organisation of special school provision. Governors have set the school admission at 135 places.
All students at Charlton School have a Statement of Special Educational Needs appropriate for placement in the school.
School Ethos
Charlton School’s ethos is based upon a student-centred philosophy – all individuals are valued members of a school community which seeks to provide for cultural, social, spiritual, creative and athletic needs, and intellectual development.
Mission Statement
“To make a positive difference in our community”.
Vision Statement
We want to create an outstanding community school.
We want to create a learning community with a highly skilled, flexible workforce well able to meet the needs (and future needs) of the low incidence special needs secondary students population, otherwise difficult to educate elsewhere.
We will work with special and challenging students creating personalised learning opportunities and a relevant curriculum.
We will provide valuable community learning resources and training available for the wider and international community.
We will create a positive ethos, develop innovative practice, co-create with others and share our learning.
We have high expectations of performance and resilience but balanced by high levels of support for each individual’s well being.
School Aims
The school aims are -
- To develop a relevant and creative curriculum to enable all of the school community to become successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens
- To become an excellent, happy and successful community school focussing upon Every Child Matters Outcomes for all stakeholders
- To develop individuals attitudes and attributes, skills, knowledge and understanding
Charlton School Values and promotes these characteristics in staff and students:
- Teamwork, partnership & support
- Personal responsibility & leadership
- Innovation, creativity & change
- Resilient, optimistic & positive
- Challenge, opportunity & recognition
- Honesty, trust & compassion
How do we meet individual needs?
- Individual timetables for students
- Work experience and college placements to develop independence skills
- A focus of developing student strengths, for example students can be become wheelchair user buddies.
- A range of ICT software to support learning styles
- Staff skills constantly developed to cater for a wide range of needs, for example BSL
- MOVE for students with physical disabilities
- New personalised learning plan developed
How do we make sure pupils attend and behave? 
- Close liaison with parents
- Making school and enjoyable option
- Most students brought to school by LA buses
- Our own ESW
- Behavioural plans to meet a range of needs
- Clear values and behaviours modelled by all
How do we take the views of pupils and parents into consideration?
- School council
- Questionnaires to students using a range of communication tools
- Questionnaires to parents
- Open evening and days
- Student reviews
What extra-curricular activities are available?
- Development of a range of after school clubs including football, music and dance
- Indoor rock climbing
- Canoeing and sailing
- Tae Kwan Do
- Gymnastics club
- Residential trips
How do we make sure that pupils are safe and well supported?
- A purpose built building 2007 to present.
- Small classes and high levels of support
- Every child matters embedded in everything we do
- New building has safety at the core of its development
Where do our students transfer to and have links with?
- Shooters hill campus
- Nash college
- Treloar College
- Lewisham college
- Street Vibes
- Hadlow College
What are we trying to improve?
- A curriculum that is flexible to meet the needs of all students and has real meaning and value for them, also taking account of age appropriateness
- More personalised learning for each student to enable us to track progress more effectively.
- Greater independence and life skill opportunities at 16-19 groups.
- The school environment
- Access to exams and other accreditation
- Building on strengths of students
- Improve school as a training facility
- Gaining access to a wider range of activities
