• Specific resources and strategies will be used to support your child individually and in groups.
• Planning and teaching will be adapted, to meet your child’s learning needs.
• The learning environment will be adapted as necessary to support your child, for instance to provide an area to support independent or one to one working.
• Every classroom is communication friendly, using visual prompts and strategies recommended by the Speech and Language Therapy service For example, all classrooms have visual timetables on display.
• We have adapted the curriculum for those students who are working at early stages of learning, with ‘pathways’ based on likely outcomes at the end of Key Stage 4 (Year 11) or Post16 (Year 13)
• Our curriculum places emphasis on the development of functional learning (based on the 4 areas of Preparing for Adulthood) and key skills which is based around 8 skills outlined in Skills Builder (Leadership. Listening, Teamwork, Presenting, Aiming High, Creativity, Problem-Solving, Staying Positive).
• Our schools’ curricula are designed to support our students to prepare for their next stages of development, for example in Key Stage 4 and Post-16 learning is designed to maximise outcomes for adulthood;
  • Access to paid employment / further education or training,
  • Access to housing
  • Access to health care
  • Access to social inclusion

Some students gain additional support through Pupil Premium funding. This is carefully targeted to ensure maximum benefit.