Our Prospectus

  Provision

Located at Featherstone Rovers, Millennium Stadium. Our site is easy to access through the motorway and major road network links to schools based in West and South Yorkshire. We work closely with many Local Authority and Trust based Academies

To improve attendances, we can in most cases offer transport to and from our facility, OUR ATTENDANCE RATE FOR THIS ACADEMIC YEAR

IS 89%

We offer a unique facility that consists of fully furnished classrooms, kitchen and dining area, each student is provided with breakfast and lunch. We also access a modern fitness suite with a boxing and martial arts area. Students can also access practical tasks that assist group intervention and build confidence. We provide First Aid, Health and Safety and Food and Hygiene qualifications. We have a fully sized sport field for recreational sport use.

We provide a flexible approach that allows academies and students breathing space at short notice. This includes step out/respite and long or short term options. We utilise a successful gradual reintegration strategy to allow students to re-adjust and settle back into mainstream school.

Students initial levels of achievement are assessed as part of our induction process, specifically reading, spelling and basic numeracy which supports the relevant information provided by schools.

An Individual Learning Plan (ILP) is then agreed between each student, the centre and school to support the individual student’s needs.

We support our students in a range of subjects, including English, Maths, Science, History and GCSE PE Health and Social Care level 1 and 2.  Exam work can be prepared and delivered in collaboration with the host school. Each academy can arrange for the students to sit their exams on site. We will meet needs from functional to GCSE level. Our previous success has been based on working closely with schools, to provide and find options to suit each student's individual needs. Live marking takes place in every lesson to ensure each student understands the lesson content and that quality of work is being monitored.

Entry level qualifications in Maths and English,  E.C.D.L.  can be accessed at the centre. Some students access their own on-line education program, each Academy receives progress and achievement reports on a regular basis direct from the online team.

behavioural intervention

Each student will be enrolled on our “In Pursuit of Excellence” program, an in depth behavioural program that has been developed over time and is derived from its fore runner TACKLING TEMPER.

The program is designed to provide the opportunity for students to manage and change their behaviour and aspirations. Anger related issues are covered in depth with coping strategies and “calm in confrontation techniques” covered daily. Understanding  Crime and Consequences, weapons awareness and developing and growing core values assist the students to become motivated to work in group situations, and changing environments. 

We also use a psychological approach with our on site educational psychologist, this approach improves behaviour and also encourages learning progress we highlight how the mind works and reaction control.

The program builds confidence through various tried and tested resources and experiences, we use mentoring techniques to improve personal development, and also target group interaction. The link between health and behaviour, distraction control, positive images, on-going learning, mental preparation and commitment to change are targeted daily. A weekly quiz reward is given to monitor  student’s observation and understanding of lesson content. Each quiz also contains Maths and English based questions that have formed part of the weeks learning strand

Motivational speakers and resources are tapped into to assist change and mental awareness.

Education

We work closely with Many Academies to ensure that our longer term students can access the curriculum required by each individual Academy. Heads of year often forward schemes of work that assists students remain on track easing re-integration into mainstream school.

Students can also access their schools on line learning packages, such as My Maths, Ed lounge  etc. These students also receive more one on one tutoring including Maths, GCSE PE and English Literature  many of our students who have achieved grades at GCSE.

This is tailored to suit each students individual needs. We target the individuals behavioural issues using a practical approach that includes crime and consequences to the realities of prison  life, weapons awareness, and drug awareness also target. We also use a psychological approach with our on site educational psychologist, this is educational based giving the students an insight in how the mind works and how to control negative actions.  

All staff and tutors have vast experience and are fully trained in working alongside students with behavioural, emotional. Learning and social difficulties.

We provide half term reports, this can be supplemented on agreement, this ensures the Academies are kept up to date with student progress enabling clarity for ongoing meetings etc.