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Our school is organised in a way to promote the best learning opportunities and most suitable approaches to meet the individual needs of our pupils. This ensures children and young people are taught in line with their developmental stage and that learning makes sense to them all of the time.
Pathway Principles
Pupils are grouped according to needs, Communication Band, Developmental stage, Cognitive Skills and Sensory Style. Pedagogy, curriculum and environment adapted to best meet the needs of the group. Changes are made to ensure every child has access to the best environment, curriculum, peer group and provision for them.
We have 3 distinct Pathways:
- Communication and Interaction
- Cognition and Learning
- Physical and Sensory
We believe in stage-not-age education. Pupils join a class with peers who are at a similar developmental stage rather than strictly by chronological age, meaning classes are not organised by traditional year groups or Key Stages. Pupils transition between phases at the right time for their individual developmental journey.
All pupils in Year 2 and below are taught together as Early Transitions, this allows for holistic assessment of needs and a basis for transition. We have 4 phases across the school.
- Early Transitions – Pupils that join us before Year 2 will go into our Early Transitions department.
- Phase 1 – Pupils in Phase 1 will generally be considered to be in the primary age group (Key Stage 1 and 2).
- Phase 2 – Pupils in Phase 2 will generally be considered to be in the secondary age group (Key Stage 3 and 4).
- Phase 3 – Pupils in Phase 3 will generally be considered to be Post 16 age group.
Typical classes may look like this for each phase.
