For commissioned learners
KS3 & KS4 Tiling Masterclasses
A planned six-week block of three-hour sessions, introducing safe working, tools, measurement, setting out, fixing, grouting and quality control in small groups.
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Purposeful learning. Stronger futures.
Costiles Academy is a specialist alternative provision organisation using structured tiling education, personal development and high expectations to help young people re-engage with learning.
Small, structured masterclasses
Practical tiling education
Progression-focused support
A place to begin
Practical learning, patient support and a future you can build with your own hands.
Our educational offer
A structured route from engagement to progression.
Every masterclass combines occupational learning with personal development, clear routines and a realistic next-step plan.
For future opportunities
NEET & unemployed young people
A planned six-week practical programme combining tiling skills, workshop safety, confidence, employability behaviours and progression planning.
Learn moreA route into the trade
Pathways into tiling employment
Learners build practical tiling skills, professional behaviours and evidence toward planned Level 1 Occupational Studies in Tiling, helping them prepare for further training, apprenticeships and employment in the trade.
Learn moreOur promise
Safe, Known, Challenged, Skilled and Ready
Every learner will be Safe, Known, Challenged, Skilled and Ready. We will identify barriers to learning, provide the support that sits within our role, and help connect learners with the right people when specialist support is needed.
Building Skills. Building Futures.
The Costiles Way
High support. High expectations.
“Safe. Known. Challenged. Skilled. Ready.”
We focus on what happens next, helping learners develop practical competence, confidence, routines, relationships and a supported destination.
Our shared culture for learners, staff, families, commissioning schools, local authorities and employers.
Learning in action
Practical skills, built together.
Young people learn through hands-on projects, supportive instruction and the pride of seeing their work take shape.
For schools, local authorities and employers
A purposeful alternative provision partnership.
We work with commissioning partners and families to consider suitability, safeguarding, educational planning and progression from the outset.
Work with usOur mission
Purposeful learning. Stronger futures.
Our mission is to help young people re-engage with learning through practical occupational skills, strong relationships and high expectations—building the confidence, routines and direction they need for their next step.
Explore our impactSafe. Known. Challenged. Skilled. Ready.