Welcome to Charleston Academy Website, As you will see from our Aims, we are committed to developing our provision for all young people and committed to sharing our improving facilities with the wider community. The Charleston Campus is a resource for all. Both the development of school/community provision and the development of the website are ‘works in progress' and we would welcome comment on additional content readers would find useful .In the meantime, I trust the following pages provide an informative insight into the practices and policies of our school and community facilities. Calum MacSween, Rector

At Charleston Academy we will encourage students to become successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens. To achieve this we will promote:

In so doing, we believe we can all make an effective contribution to the communities we serve while equipping our students to be successful contributors to 21^{st century society as a whole.}

a) Curriculum Structure

Pupils entering S1 choose to study either French (3) and German (1) OR Gaelic(3) and French(1) OR Gaelic (3) and German (1) as the languages additional to English. First Year classes follow a common course in mixed-ability classes with the following subject exceptions:

i) In session 2001-2002, the school introduced an intensive literacy/ numeracy project where a small class of pupils who would have struggled in mixed ability classes were given specialised teaching and curricular support:this initiative has continued in subsequent sessions.

ii) After appropriate testing, all Maths classes are set according to ability from October onwards.

In Second Year, setting in either 2 or 3 sections is extended to English, History and Modern Languages - in addition to Mathematics.