Purposely keeping the school at just the right size allows the staff to know their pupils personally. Class sizes are kept small, averaging just 16, because in small groups all children can be heard and encouraged to thrive. Teachers are able to spot potential, and indeed impediments to learning, and tailor educational provision specifically to a pupil's needs. Teaching girls and boys together from the ages of 3 through to 16, parents can be assured of the advantages that this all-through integrated environment can bring. Shoreham College pupils benefit from shared facilities, caring support staff and specialist teachers, offering a broader curriculum than may be on offer in other schools. As the children progress through the school they are familiar with all the staff and their peers, they become used to moving around the school and interacting with the older pupils, and once senior education begins at 11 they have already acclimatised.
