Curriculum

Curriculum Vision 

Our vision is that our students will feel supported in developing the knowledge and skills to prepare them for adult life. 

Our curriculum is designed to meet the individual needs of every student in relation to personal, social, emotional, academic and vocational development. 

Creative community-based enterprise projects provide our students with valuable experiences to develop skills to support them in their journeys into adult life, the world of work and becoming a well-rounded citizen within the community. 

Curriculum Aims

Our curriculum is individually tailored to ensure that every student receives a personalised learning experience that meets their individual needs and ensures suitable progression is made relevant to their individual academic capability. 

The main aims of our curriculum: 

• Students will feel confident and supported to access an education which is suitably developed to meet their needs and personal ability, providing suitable challenge to ensure growth and development. 
• For students to access a programme of learning that supports them in developing knowledge and understanding of key skills to support them in leading successful adult lives.
• To provide students with the opportunity to develop their literacy, maths and ICT skills at an appropriate level for them through individual programmes that are developed using intelligent diagnostic assessments to ensure students receive the most effective support.
• To provide students with opportunities to engage in enterprise projects where they can develop their essential skills through real life experiences. 
• To provide a range of opportunities for students to develop their self-confidence and a positive sense of themselves.
• Provide students with a sense of belonging within our provision community through inclusive practices, collaborative activities and respective dialogue. we creative opportunities for students to connect with others, celebrate diversity and develop a meaningful understanding of British values.

Our curriculum embodies key areas that we feel are most important in supporting our students to develop the essential skills to lead healthy and fulfilled lives. 

The curriculum has been designed in line with the Department for Education’s 16-19 guidance and provides an individually tailored programme based around individual students’ prior attainment and career goals. Our curriculum provides students with employment focused learning experiences whilst supporting students with their higher education or future employment aspirations. 

The curriculum is thoughtfully crafted to provide individuals with the flexibility to tailor their learning to personal goals, while maintaining a broad and deep foundation that preserves future opportunities.

It emphasizes real-world, experiential learning, enabling students to build essential employability skills through a structured and intellectually stimulating programme.

Although the curriculum is designed to offer flexibility it aims to incorporate the following elements: 

• Equip students with qualifications that match their potential and prepare them for higher education or employment. 
• Provide students with the opportunity to study English and Maths where they have not previously achieved GCSEs at a grade 4 or above. 
• Provide students with work related experience to develop key employability skills and apply them to real life situations. 
• Activities to support individual growth, supporting students in developing greater self-confidence as well as supporting their personal and social development.  

The curriculum aligns to the SEND code of practice and is developed to ensure that learning programmes are carefully adapted to ensure that learning intentions correlate with student EHCP outcomes. It aims to provide suitable opportunities for students to develop skills to enable them to reach their full personal and academic potential whilst preparing them for adult life.  

Frequent observations are used to determine individual engagement and inform future practice to ensure that each student is actively engaging in a programme of learning that is effective and supportive of progression.  

Students SEMH is supported throughout the curriculum and there is a strong emphasis on establishing and maintaining positive relationships across the provision between staff and students.  

Our PGP curriculum is structured and inclusive of Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG), and is designed to support students’ personal development and future readiness. the programme promotes self-awareness, resilience, and informed decision-making. The curriculum is organised into six key themes that build essential knowledge, skills, and confidence.

Framework Alignment 

• Links to the PSHE Association Frameworks: Tailored to meet the needs of SEND learners and Key Stage 5, ensuring accessibility and relevance. 

• Gatsby Benchmarks: Mapped to the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks, providing a robust foundation for effective careers education and guidance. 

Opportunities for developing focussed skills are embedded throughout the curriculum and focus on the development of the 8 essential skills outlined by Skills Builder Universal Framework which provides inclusive learning support strategies for skills development for students of all abilities. Skills development is broken down into manageable steps for students of different abilities and knowledge and understanding of the skills is developed through real life experiences. 

Teaching staff use the Assess, Plan, Do, Review model to ensure that individual students are making progressive appropriate to their capability and ensure that learning pathways align to individual targets set out in students EHCP’s. 

Curriculum Delivery

Students will work towards achieving a range of awards and qualifications relevant to their own learning that focus on developing independence, skills for life and employment. 

Students will have the opportunity to work towards gaining Functional Skills or GCSEs in Maths and English depending on their individual working levels which will be established upon placement.  

Numeracy skills will be enhanced through practical activities such as cooking, shopping and money handling as part of Lifeskills challenges completed. 

ASDAN Lifeskills enables students to access practical based challenges to develop their essential skills which are mapped to the four preparing for adulthood pathways: community inclusion, employability, good health and independent living as well as covering subject areas such as English, maths and PSHE.  

Challenges range in levels and are available from pre-entry to level 3 enabling students to access challenges appropriate to their individual ability as well as progress throughout their journey at Futures. 

Our post 16 curriculum is informed by government policies and will be guided by and updated as necessary.  

Students will increase the amount of time spent engaging in community-based enterprise projects where they will have the opportunity to develop their essential skills for adult life and employment through real life experiences. 

Students will be provided with opportunities to develop new skills and learn within the local community as well as increase their self-confidence.   

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