Welcome to The Compass School.

We are delighted and proud to have opened our doors to welcome our founding cohort of pupils and the founding staff team. We are now in our second year and have expanded into primary with a year 3/4 and year 5/6 class.

As a small school for pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs, we provide a broad and balanced curriculum, alongside bespoke support for our pupils’ mental health and wellbeing and help for pupils to understand themselves and their emotions.

This support is woven into our school day through our trauma-informed approach to working with our pupils. This year, we are further developing our enrichment offer and planning more trips and visits after our amazing school trip to Stubbers at the end of the summer term. We want all our pupils to enjoy their time at The Compass School and to experience a wide range of opportunities beyond the classroom-based curriculum.

We will continue to grow over the coming years and will have a primary phase (Key Stage Two) and a secondary phase for pupils in Key Stage Three (11-14) and Key Stage Four (14-16). Currently we have 16 places for pupils at Key Stage Two and 24 places for pupils at Key Stage Three. We will have 60 pupils once we are fully open in 2025-26.

This is a very exciting time to join us, as a pupil or as a member of staff and we look forward to welcoming you to one of our regular open events, if you want to find out more about us.