Curriculum
We believe that every young person, no matter their starting point or previous experiences of education, therapy or care, has the potential to make significant and lasting change, and to achieve great things. We aim to inspire and motivate all our young people to be ambitious and be certain they can succeed; we help them to realise their full potential, maximise results and accomplish success.
We prepare our young people for adult life, through person-centred academic and vocational study programmes, leading to them becoming more independent and improving their quality of life. By working together, we increase resilience, confidence, self-esteem, emotional intelligence and well-being: the cornerstones on which strong and successful long-term futures are built.
We support each of our learners to set and meet realistic goals for their future, whether that is by working towards specific qualifications, vocational experiences or focusing on developing key life skills.
All our learners come to us with a depth and range of diagnoses, with prevalence around Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs and challenges, complicated by co-existing conditions. The needs of our learners, including their barriers, starting points, their contexts on arrival and experiences and feedback, are what shapes our curriculum design. Very broadly speaking, the special educational needs of our learners fall under the following areas: Communication & Interaction; Cognition; Sensory & Physical; Preparation for key transitions/independence/adulthood; and Health & Medical. Therefore, the breadth, diversity and complexity of their needs dictate individual approaches and pathways to scaffold education, health and care.
Our curriculum is supported by the expertise of speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and whole range of psychological services, including creative psychotherapy, EMDR therapy and systemic family therapy.
Subjects and curriculum areas include English, Maths, phonological awareness, Science, RSHE, ICT, Statistics, Horse-riding, Animal Care, Construction, Maintenance, Film studies, Computer Science, Outdoor Learning, Water confidence, Physical Development and Healthy Lifestyles, The Arts Award, Hospitality and Catering, Home Cooking, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Art, Music, History, Media, careers, enterprise and work experience.
Alongside academic qualifications, all our learners can undertake a plethora of experiences such as health and fitness, outdoor learning, college trips to name a few.
