Curriculum Overview
To Enable Each Young Person to Be The Best They Can Possibly Be
Our academy grounds and facilities are unique with a range of resources to enhance our curriculum:
- Radio station
- Motor Vehicle Centre
- Recording Studio
- Residential houses
- Forest school
- Environmental Area
- Sensory Walk
- School farm
Off-site visits and residential trips:
- Green Car racing at Goodwood and Silverstone
- PGL and Calvert Trust
- Standon Bowers
- Tall Ship expedition
Extra-curricular activities:
- Shine on Choir
- School of Rock
- Football Club
- Make some noise music sessions
- Archery
- Travel Training
- Sex and Relationships education—PFA growth
- Home Cooking skills
- PFA independence and PFA employment sessions
- Work experience and supported internships
- Careers advice
- World of Work Week/PFA evening
- Enterprise activities e.g. school café and crafts
- Active life curriculum
We are a holistic provision where:
- All students can succeed
- We prepare students for the future
- Our provision is personalised and takes account of everyone’s needs
- Positive relationships count
- Learning is fun
- Nurturing pastoral system embedded across the school
- Celebration of success for all students
- Emotion coaching and trauma-informed approach to behaviour regulation
- Oasis Centre specialist provision and outreach support
- School counsellor
- SEMH interventions in response to student self-referral or teacher referral
- Art therapy“Go to People” allocated to each key stage to support allocated students
- Mindfulness and yoga sessions
- Peer mentoring
- Broad and balanced curriculum including core subjects, personal and life skill development, and vocational education
- Accreditation at appropriate levelsIndividual learner plans (ILPs) to meet EHCP desired outcomes
- Sensory curriculum and differentiated progression pathways
- Targeted interventions to raise attainment
- Sensory pathway curriculum
- Fully equipped fitness suite
- Sensory room
- Sensory walk
- Gross motor skill development through PE curriculum
- Weekly physiotherapy programme delivery
- Sensory regulation interventions
- Communication focus in all English lessons with accreditation strands in KS4 and 5
- Communication development embedded across the whole curriculum
- Augmented communication to meet all student individual communication systems and strategies
- Development of confident communication through performance and leading assemblies
- Speech and language champions supporting the delivery of SALT programmes across the school
- Signing word of the week
- Student voice and student council activities
KS3, KS4 and Post 16 Curriculum
Core Subjects
- English
- Maths
- Science
- ICT
- Communication Development—(Route 1 and 2)
Other Subjects
- PFA Growth inc SRE (Residential links)
- PFA Independence (Residential links)
- PFA Employment — Year 9
- Art & Design
- Geography
- History
- RE
- Physical Education
- Drama
- Music
- Food Technology (Residential links)
- Farm
- Forest school
- Horse-riding (Route 1 and 2)
- Swimming
- Active Life (Residential links)
Additional Support & Programs
- Intensive Interaction (Route 1)
- Attention Autism (Route 1)
- Sensory Circuits (Route 1)
Core Subjects / Accredited Courses
- English (Functional Skills English and GCSE language and literature)
- Maths (Functional Skills and GCSE)
- Science (BTEC Applied Science and WJEC entry level)
- ICT (Functional Skills)
- Communication and Basic Skills (Route 1)
- Pearson Personal Progress (Route 1)
Other Subjects
- Entry Level Humanities (Res links) / GCSE History
- PFA Independence, PFA Employment, and PFA Growth (including SRE) - (Residential links)
- Physical Education
- Home Cooking Skills (Residential links)
Vocational Options
- WJEC Motor Vehicle Technology
- BTEC Introductory Award in Vocational Studies including:
- Performing Art
- Music Technology
- Sport and Active Leisure
- Farm and Estate Management
- IT
- Digital Media
- Horticulture
- Art and Design
Other Subjects
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Intensive Interaction (Route 1)
- Tac Pac (Route 1)
- Swimming (Route 1 and those with physiotherapy plans)
- Sensory Circuits (Route 1)
- Work Experience
- Community Participation
Core Subjects / Accredited Courses
- English (Functional Skills English and GCSE language and literature)
- Maths (Functional Skills and GCSE)
- PFA Growth
- PFA Independence
- PFA Employment
- BTEC Personal Progress (Route 1)
- ICT (Digital Skills)
Vocational Options
- WJEC Motor Vehicle Technology
- BTEC Introductory Level 1 Awards in:
- Sport and Active Leisure
- Performing Arts
- Art and Design
- Music Technology
- ICT
- Farm and Estate Management
- Childcare
- BTEC Introductory Award in Pre-vocational Studies
Other Subjects & Enrichment
- Duke of Edinburgh (Residential links)
- Travel Training (Residential Links)
- Sport and Fitness
- Musical Theatre
- Farm
- Culture Club
- Current Affairs
- Enterprise
- Café
- Work Experience and Supported Internship