Curriculum

SCPRU CURRICULUM AIMS

To support our students to be:

  • Responsible citizens who can make a positive contribution to society.
  • Successful learners who enjoy learning; make good progress and achieve well.
  • Confident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives.

Our curriculum is organised so that it provides students with the opportunity to learn expected behaviours and be successful in their learning so that we can deliver our mission and aims. We deliver a curriculum that is diverse and targets disadvantaged students. As a school we ensure our offer is wide and is not simply about pursuing subjects with a focus on exam results. Our aims reflect the nature of our school as a pupil referral service. Our guiding principal is that all students should be allowed to thrive and succeed, no matter what their circumstances. These objectives are central to staff planning.

Strategic Intent

To develop a curriculum which:

  • Creates an aspirational high achievement culture.
  • Takes into account individual needs and styles.
  • Allows everyone to experience success.
  • Raises standards of attainment.

Curriculum Principles

  • Clear behavioural and academic progress over the time that students attend Newbridge House
  • There should be depth before breadth. Maximise learning time in all subjects.
  • Targeted support and additional challenge to ensure all students make at least national rates of progress, one to one support timetabled with BSW.
  • Ensure all students’ progress is in line with national expectations.
  • Deep Learning Sessions to address SMSC and aspirations timetabled as one to one with BSW, form time and PSHE.
  • To support reintegration into mainstream schools as appropriate

The Therapeutic and Pastoral Curriculum

The majority of pupils who access our service have severe, profound or even exceptional social, emotional and mental health needs.  They are not all ready to access the full academic and vocational offer detailed below, or in some circumstances at all.  They may need bespoke timetables focusing on the managing emotions and school readiness or elements of the main curriculum offer that best engage them.  Most pupils need pastoral or therapeutic support alongside their academic and vocation curriculum.

The service has a wide ranging offer of individualised provision, including counselling, personal development and external provision alongside academic and vocational support.  Some of these sessions support the qualifications identified below.  Those focusing on therapeutic interventions and pastoral needs may contribute towards a Personal Development AIM award, but their primary intent is to meet wider needs, particularly relating to special educational needs / social, emotional and mental health needs.  Often these needs will be identified in an Education, Health and Care Plan.  Additional provision is recorded in the service’s provision map.

Individualised Provision

The majority of pupils who access our service have significant social, emotional and mental health needs.  They are not all ready to access the full academic and vocational offer that is listed on the curriculum pages. In some cases, they are not yet ready to access any of the main curriculum.  These pupils may need bespoke timetables focusing on managing emotions and school readiness or elements of the main curriculum offer that best engage them.  Most pupils need some pastoral or therapeutic support alongside their academic and vocation curriculum.   Others may benefit from extra support in areas such as reading, numeracy or vocabulary.

The service has a wide-ranging offer of individualised provision, including counselling, personal development and external provision alongside academic and vocational support.  Often this is delivered in one-to-one sessions, but sometimes in small groups.  Some of these sessions support the subject qualifications outlined in other sections of the curriculum pages.  Those focusing on therapeutic interventions and pastoral needs may contribute towards a Personal Development AIM award, but their primary intent is to meet wider needs, particularly relating to special educational needs / social, emotional and mental health needs.  Often these needs will be identified in an Education, Health and Care Plan and the provision will be supporting the pupils to work towards the outcomes in the plan.

Key Stages

Key Stage 2

In KS2 we have a broad curriculum covering 8 subjects meeting all the national curriculum requirements. Students arrive with a range of levels of attainment. The content of the lessons reflect this to meet their needs and to ensure good progress is made.

The curriculum includes:
• English
• Mathematics
• Science
• History
• Art
• Design and Technology
• Physical Education

For students who are behind their chronological reading age, additional support is provided through daily reading (either 1:1, guided or quiet reading) and reading intervention programmes.
An additional school enrichment programme includes outdoor education.

Key Stage 3

The curriculum includes:
• English
• Mathematics
• Science
• Humanities – History, Geography, Citizenship, Religious Education and PSHE
• Art and Design
• Textiles
• Physical Education (two lessons per week)
• I Media
• Catering
• Creative Media

Deep Learning Sessions, the normal lesson timetable is suspended, take place during the year. These days allow students to learn in different ways such as off site, with external providers and a range of students. These days cover subjects such as Staying Safe (Chelsea’s Choice, tough love, sexting and healthy relationships), British Values (discrimination play), Pathways and Work-ready Skills (form time activities).
An additional school enrichment programme includes a range of sporting activities and outdoor education, film & community based events.
AIM Awards and ELC’s delivered at Year 9 to bridge gap and raise aspirations for pupils that can be reintegrated into mainstream for the start of Year 10.

Key Stage 4

In Year 10 & 11 students begin to specialize to provide them with the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the subjects they study at GCSE and Vocational levels. They will mainly embark on the examined course at the start of Year 10. This curriculum is taught in 25 lessons each week, each lesson lasting 50 minutes, at present.

The curriculum includes:
• English
• Mathematics
• Science
• Humanities – GCSE Citizenship and PSHE
• Art and Design
• Physical Education (two lessons per week)
• I Media
• Hospitality and Catering
• Design & Technology
• Media Studies

We offer a range of qualifications including GCSE to meet the specific learning needs of our students but to enable them all to be highly employable:
• English Language
• English Literature
• Maths
• Science
• Art
• Media Studies

The vocational qualifications that we offer are:
• AIM Awards
• Hospitality & Catering Level 1/2
• I Media

Entry Level Certificates:
• Art
• Maths
• English
• Science