22/23 Admissions

Admissions for this school year are open.

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CCS Essex

Location: Little Clacton, Essex

Ofsted: Good

Motivate | Educate | Inspire

At CCS Essex, our children are at the very heart of every decision we make. We strive to deliver a holistic education experience which helps children develop personal qualities, which are valued in British society such as thoughtfulness, honesty, respect for difference, moral principles, independence, and self-respect.

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Head of School

Tim Kerr

I am a recent addition to the CSS Essex Team. I have worked for many years in similar environments across the East. Our motivation is to provide high quality, purposeful learning which is appropriate to the needs of each student.

The curriculum is under regular scrutiny to ensure that it is working to enable all to acquire the skills, qualities and academic qualifications necessary for positive outcomes in adult life.

My drive is to make CSS Essex effective as an example of positive teaching and learning. We want all our students to have the confidence, resilience and qualifications to make successful choices in their futures.

Part of a Wider Community

Our school is supported by a wider community of Compass Schools which are located across the country.

Our experienced team of Teachers and support staff work tirelessly to ensure the best possible education is provided at all of our schools.

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Why Choose CCS Essex?

Therapeutic learning environment

Needs-led curriculum

Commitment to success for all

Our Facilities

We love our school and we think you will too!

Set in quiet rural location close to the Sea.
On two floors
4 classrooms and a therapy room
All weather surface within a substantial outside grassy space.

We are committed to

developing young people who are responsible, caring and respectful of others, and who have a strong sense of fair-ness and what is ‘right’. We want them to treat others as they would like to be treated themselves and to understand and celebrate diversity and difference.
The school will help our children and young people to develop an inner discipline and will encourage pupils to not just ‘follow the crowd’ – they will make up their own minds and be ready to accept responsibility for what they do. They will grow through making choices and holding to the choices that they have made. They will want to be honest with themselves and with others.

Our Ethos

A passion to include everyone
A desire to treat everyone equally
An ability to respect difference and diversity
To celebrate all achievement
A commitment to healthy, open and respectful relationships
A deep sense of purpose that things can change and be transformed for the better
A sense of perseverance to keep going for as long as it take
An acceptance that failure is not the opposite of success, it is a part of success

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We’d love to talk to you about how we could support a child in your care.

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