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I could not be happier with the school and the staff. I'm so grateful for everything they've already done and continuing to do to help my daughter through a very important time in her life. ACE Bretonside should be rewarded for their amazing work.
Parent

LATEST OFSTED REPORT

Ofsted rating: Good

ACE Schools Plymouth has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection. The executive headteacher of this school is Ruth Westwood.

This school is part of the Transforming Futures Trust which means other people in the trust have responsibility for running the school. The trust is run by the interim chief executive officer, Sandra Harris, and overseen by a board of trustees, chaired by Carole Burgoyne.

What is it like to attend this school?

ACE Schools Plymouth provides a calm and nurturing environment. Pupils have arrived from multiple failed placements elsewhere. Parents and carers are highly positive about how staff look beyond their child’s special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), accepting them for who they are. Pupils experience success because staff understand their individual needs extremely well and have high expectations of what they can, and do, achieve.

Pupils comment how staff ‘massively look after us’ and ‘want to see us get far in life.’ As a result, many pupils’ attendance improves.

The school places high importance on the curriculum, especially the core skills of reading, writing and mathematics. Built into the curriculum is a highly individualised therapeutic approach.

Pupils gain a range of qualifications. Most pupils leave with a qualification in English and mathematics at entry level or GCSE. Many achieve qualifications in other subjects, such as citizenship, humanities and science, as well as vocational subjects.

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