Vocational Qualifications and Skills
For young people with learning difficulties
We recognise that students with communication, socialisation and imagination difficulties all have different skills and attributes.
Students learn a range of relevant vocational skills in a vibrant and stimulating environment. Supported by their teachers, the ongoing assessment can lead to nationally recognised qualifications. Students work towards level 1 or 2 qualifications in the following subjects:
Horticulture
Students work within the school grounds and our outdoor classroom/polytunnel.
Some of the skills they learn and are assessed on include: establishing and maintain plants, harvesting and preparing crops, understanding safe working practices, what tools to use and how to look after them.
Catering
The large and well equipped catering kitchen and school dining hall offer a fantastic environment to learn the skills needed for the catering and hospitality industry. Students learn about food safety and preparation, basic cooking techniques, special diets and customer care.
Lessons at the local college
Recently students have been attending Plumton College one day a week to study vocational qualifications.
Read more about the students studying a motor vehicle module. Another group are studying animal care.
Supporting Qualifications
All students complete a Literacy and Numeracy qualification alongside their NVQ.
Find out more
For more details of these programmes and the opportunities, please contact us.
