Teaching at the College
Personal tutors and subject tutors work with their Support Team to plan for teaching, learning and assessment.
Personal tutors
Personal tutors liaise with students, parents, therapy and medical teams, and external parties, factoring in pastoral care, wellbeing and transitions for each young person.
Personal tutors build a personal and social development programme for each student, with daily sessions. Personal tutors also introduce each College day with Communication, Organisation, Registration and Engagement (CORE) time.
Subject tutors
Subject tutors provide captivating and exhilarating learning experiences.
They specialise in an array of topics to engage and inspire young people.
These include, art, pottery, expressive arts, drama, textiles, fleece to fibre project, multi-skills, horticulture, the farm, cooking, sport, personal care and wellbeing.
Learning support assistants and student support workers
The learning support assistants and student support workers make up our Support Team and bring a multitude of skills and knowledge that enrich the learning experience.
They understand and fulfil their role to support students to access learning and to achieve as independently as possible in preparation for the next stage of their life.
'Waking day’ curriculum
College and residential staff work together to make sure residential students enjoy effective teaching, learning and progress through a ‘Waking day’ curriculum.
Staff share and work on key objectives related to students’ education, health and care plan (EHCPs) targets, personal and social development, life skills and independence.
Accredited Learning
We deliver a range a range of Ofqual-regulated qualifications relevant to all levels of students’ abilities.
Awarding Body: OCNLR
Qualifications:
- Award in Personal Progress Entry Level 1
- Certificate in Personal Progress Entry Level 1
- Award in Skills for Independence and Employability Entry Levels 1, 2, 3
- Certificate in Skills for Independence and Employability Entry Levels 1, 2, 3
- Extended Certificate in Skills for Independence and Work Entry Levels 1, 2, 3
Awarding Body: LASER
Qualifications:
- Award for Learning, Employability and Progression Entry Level 3
- Introductory certificate for Learning, Employability and Progression Entry Level 3
- Certificate for Learning, Employability and Progression Entry Level 3
- Award for Learning, Employability and Progression Level 1
- Introductory Certificate for Learning, Employability and Progression Level 1
External mainstream college programmes
Local mainstream colleges provide external non-accredited (LINK) courses for learning valuable, transferrable work skills. Where appropriate, they also provide credited courses including Maths and English at GCSE level.
Assessment
The ‘My Learning Journey’ record includes reports from previous placements and the College’s clerking in process, initial assessment and baseline assessments.
Together with information about each student’s choices, interests and aspirations, this informs the planning for teaching, learning and assessment.
Students are tracked along their learning journey using the target recording system Earwig Academic, which supports individualised assessments, measurement of engagement and progress, and setting targets for education, health and care plan (EHCP) outcomes.