Curriculum Overview - St Dominic's School,
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Curriculum Overview
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All students will follow one of the three designated pathways during their time in our Sixth Form. These are designed to extend their strengths and offer support for their areas of development.  Students will work towards accredited qualifications, ranging from Entry Level 3 to Level 3. The emphasis is on developing skills for employment and independence through our Needs-Led Curriculum, led by Occupational and Speech & Language Therapists, and our Independence and Employability programme.
Individual interventions are also offered, where appropriate, to support students to be able to access the curriculum and manage their anxieties.  These include counselling, ELSA and in-class numeracy and literacy and therapeutic support.
The Sixth Form curriculum is tailored to cater for students’ individual interests within the available offer and their next steps and areas for development in terms of independence.  They will also continue to study English and Maths if they are yet to achieve a GCSE or Level 2 award.
Our range of subjects currently includes: English, Maths, History, Sport, PE, Art, Creative Media, Construction, IT, Performing Arts, Land Based Studies, Food and Cooking, Hospitality, Psychology, Music Tech, Forest School, Careers, Independence and Employability and a bespoke Needs Led Curriculum.  Individual option subjects within this selection are offered if there is sufficient uptake year on year.  Qualifications are offered in Functional Skills, LASER Learning Awards, GCSE and BTEC, and we have a limited range of AS, and A Level options.
Our Sixth Form offer utilises the Independence and Employability Centre to develop their life skills and provide opportunities for hospitality based learning alongside PSHE and life skills related topics.
Careers advice is an integral part of our offer and students have access to the services of our Careers Guidance Practitioner in order to promote the best outcomes for next steps.  Detailed curriculum maps for individual subjects are located under
Subject
overview on the Curriculum tab.
Pastoral care is key to our offer and a robust communication channel is in place via both the tutor system and access to the Head of Sixth Form.  This ensures that any concerns are managed effectively and that we address issues in a timely manner.
Detailed curriculum maps for individual subjects are located under Subject overview on the Curriculum tab.
If you would like to know more about our Sixth Form curriculum, please contact David Clarke (
dclarke@stdominicsschool.org.uk
).
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