Whole School Curriculum.

Curriculum Intent: Our Ethos and Purpose

Our school provides an holistic, therapeutic curriculum designed to support children with social, emotional, and neurodevelopmental needs who have struggled to access mainstream education. The curriculum prioritises wellbeing, self-regulation, engagement, and life skills alongside academic development.

We take a project-based approach, often integrating subjects such as literacy, science, geography, and history into real-world themes, animal care, and community-based projects. These are tailored to the learners’ interests, needs, and developmental stages.

Curriculum Structure and Subjects Offered

 

Our curriculum includes:

  • English: Reading, writing, speaking, listening

  • Mathematics: Number, shape, space, data, problem-solving

  • Science: Practical investigation, biology, environmental science

  • Humanities: Geography, history, citizenship — often through project-based themes

  • PSHE & RSE: Emotions, relationships, self-awareness, life skills

  • Art, Design, and Creativity: Art, crafts, expressive media

  • Physical Education: Movement, relaxation, sensory regulation

  • Animal Care and Responsibility: Structured time caring for school guinea pigs and hamsters, including emotional regulation through animal interaction

  • Outdoor and Environmental Learning: Urban gardening, nature walks, sustainability

  • Life Preparation: Cooking, budgeting, planning, teamwork

 

Curriculum Aims

Our curriculum aims to:

  • Re-engage learners in a setting that recognises their unique strengths and needs

  • Support pupils to make meaningful academic progress in core subjects

  • Develop self-awareness, confidence, and resilience

  • Prepare learners for adulthood, including independence and further education or employment

  • Offer structured routines and predictable learning for learners with neurodivergent profiles

 

Meeting the Independent School Standards (ISS) – Paragraph 2(2) Requirements\

The written curriculum policy covers the following:

  • Full-time supervised education appropriate to age and ability.

  • Provision for linguistic, mathematical, scientific, technological, human and social, physical and aesthetic/creative education

  • Personal, social, health and economic education reflecting the school's aims and ethos

  • Appropriate careers education from Year 7 onwards

Effective preparation for opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life