Welcome to Carew Academy, and thank you for taking the time to visit our website.

In 2025 we moved into our purpose‑built new school, designed around the needs, strengths and aspirations of the incredible students we serve. Every aspect of the building, from our specialist sensory spaces to our therapeutic classrooms has been shaped to create a calm, nurturing and inclusive environment. Our new home has allowed us to grow, welcome students with increasingly complex needs, and strengthen our ambition for Carew to be a centre of excellence for SEND education.

Carew is a remarkable school with a unique family ethos. Relationships are at the heart of everything we do: we connect before we correct, and we reflect, restore and repair. Our students consistently describe Carew as an amazing school, as reflected in our history of strong outcomes, our Outstanding Ofsted judgement (2020), and the high expectations we continue to set for every learner across all pathways.

To help all students thrive, we live by our ABC of Success:
Attend every day • Behave respectfully • Challenge ourselves always.
These simple principles are woven throughout school life and sit alongside our core values of Ambition, Independence, Resilience and Caring. Together, they help our students grow into confident, capable and responsible young people ready for the world beyond Carew.

We are exceptionally proud of our whole‑school safeguarding culture, which is the foundation of everything we do. Safeguarding at Carew is proactive, relational and rigorous. Our staff are highly trained, alert to pupils’ needs and committed to the principle of “it could happen here.” We work closely with external agencies, mental health partners and specialist teams to ensure students are safe, listened to and supported. Our therapeutic approach helps pupils feel emotionally secure so they can regulate, learn and flourish. Safeguarding is not simply a system, but a shared responsibility and a core part of our identity as a school.

Our curriculum is ambitious, personalised and designed to prepare students for life after Carew. We offer a rich blend of academic, vocational and life‑skills learning through three pathways: Skills for Life, Skills for Work, and Skills for Independence supported by our KS2 Hub for younger pupils transitioning from mainstream. Through subjects such as English, Maths, Science, Art, Music, PE, Animal Care, Duke of Edinburgh, Computing, Catering, Outdoor Learning and more, students discover their interests, build their strengths and develop the knowledge they need to succeed.

Beyond the classroom, our enrichment programme and therapeutic offer provide students with outstanding experiences: woodland learning, community engagement, residential trips, extensive sports opportunities, work experience placements, creative arts festivals, and our strong careers programme that consistently achieves excellent destination outcomes.

Most importantly, our students receive the right support, at the right time, from adults who know them incredibly well and see the “superpower” in every child.

We warmly welcome visits to experience Carew Academy first‑hand. If you would like to join an Open Morning, please contact our office. We would be delighted to meet you.

James Kearns – Principal