SVS Curriculum Provision

1. Aims

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• The aims of the provision are to offer provision for students to access education through alternative learning methods and environments.

• The curriculum is coherent and flexible, able to meet individual learner needs and encourage progression. There is a consistent and explicit focus on learning, encouraging students to take increasing responsibility for their own learning.

• The curriculum has been designed to enable students who have struggled to achieve within a traditional school setting or are new arrivals to the UK to become:

• Successful learners who enjoy and achieve.

• Confident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives.

• Responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society.

• ​The philosophy behind our provision is flexibility and choice and provides opportunities for young people to develop self-belief in their own abilities.

• Provide a broad and balanced education for all pupils that’s coherently planned and sequenced towards cumulatively sufficient knowledge for skills and future learning and employment.

• Provide subject choices that support pupils’ learning and progression, and enable them to work towards achieving their goals.

• Provide a broad curriculum prioritising a strong academic core of subjects.

• Develop pupils’ independent learning skills and resilience, to equip them for further/higher education and employment and adult life.

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​2.Focus

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• The focus of this curriculum is the progress of the individual from their starting point, hence the inclusion of learning beyond the classroom as well as within.  SVS offers the opportunity for individuals to undertake a range of GCSEs, these will be subject to starting points when joining SVS and initial and continuous assessments. Levels and predicted grades will be discussed with parents/guardians and host schools during parents/guardians Days or separate meetings as requested.

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​3.Curriculum Plan

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• Learning hours will be divided between the subjects listed above and Enrichment Activities which make a vital contribution to the social and emotional development of our young people.

• It is intended that the student will be integrated into a mixed group of numbers between 4 and 18 students with access to 1-on-1 support if needed. Each year group has 25 hours of learning per week.

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4.Curriculum Overview

At SVS we believe that a diverse curriculum is essential to provide our students with choice and flexibility, and to prepare them for the next stage in their learning. We have designed our offer at all Key Stages with this in mind. We have been particularly active in retaining a broad and balanced curriculum offer for our Year 11 and Year 12 within the context of year round on/off registration. It is important to note that majority of students attending/arriving at the school have missed out a significant amount of formal education. In some cases, this has been for considerable amount of time, resulting in significant gaps in their attainment, knowledge and skills.

The curriculum is delivered through teaching and learning across all subject areas. All departments are required to have schemes of work within their departmental documentation/handbooks. These are audited by the Head of Curriculum and Director of Quality and Learning termly and updated annually. Every subject makes a contribution to the learning experience; however the aim is to present a coherent curriculum rather than a series of unconnected learning experiences. Click for Subject overview.

Teaching throughout the school encourages participation, curiosity and creativity. Developing students’ capacity to become genuinely independent learners both inside and outside of the classroom, is embedded in our practice.

Homework is considered an integral part of the learning experience and is set for all subjects and Year groups.