Our Curriculum
Portland School works with the community in Stoke-on-Trent to support young people and their families to overcome the barriers that prevent them from becoming effective citizens. We provide an integrated caring service working with other agencies to identify needs, upholds the rights and emphasise the responsibilities of young people who have special needs.
Portland enables young people, who have not necessarily had a positive experience of education, to enjoy success and reach their potential in a small nurturing environment. We aim to set clear expectations and boundaries that all pupils of all abilities equal opportunities to achieve their personal goals.
Our curriculum also recognises that the young people who attend Portland do so with a range of different needs and as such, our curriculum is adapted to meet these difficulties. Some young people join with high levels of cognitive ability and progress has been limited by social, emotional and mental health difficulties. Other young people have substantive cognitive difficulties. As such, our curriculum provides pathways to achievement for all of our young people, allowing personal progression routes from starting points to Entry Level, Functional Skills and GCSE qualifications.
Our curriculum pathway document can be accessed by clicking below.
Curriculum Pathway - Please Click Here
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Our curriculum model offers access to subjects that prepares young people for their next steps. Alongside Maths & English, we offer a broad and adapted curriculum to that equips students with the skills and knowledge they need to be safe and successful. We offer a range of additional ' subjects such as Science, Art, PR, Technology, ICT & PSHE, as well as access to 'Preparation for Adulthood' lessons and a 'cultural entitlement' programme to allow students access to opportunities that they have not yet consistently had.
As such, working alongside our stakeholder, we're proud to offer our 'Curriculum Vision' statement was created in collaboration with children, parents and staff.
Curriculum Vision Statement
Portland School has a commitment to develop a curriculum that really attends to the needs of our children. Our curriculum ambition is to prepare children with life skills that focus on individual employability and that will give them the tools to lead a happy and fulfilling life.
Recognising how our students love to learn we will engage them more in practical activities, especially those connected to life experiences. They love the outdoors and so our curriculum will offer more outdoor learning. We aim to offer active learning with hands on approaches.
To expand the outlook and opportunities of our students we are committed to linking curriculum to community: locally, nationally and globally. We wish for our curriculum to inspire more partnership with parents to enhance the home learning environment and nurture our families.
Finally, we seek to make our curriculum academically challenging for the children while engaging then in fun, playful and creative learning experiences.