Tailored Support and Pathways
There is a range of specialised programmes available and before starting college, staff from the SEND team will meet the young person and their parents/carers to assess their current level of ability and achievements. They will discuss their learning needs and hopes for the future to set up their individual educational package.
For those seeking employment, the department has a range of pathways which enable students to advance to an appropriate placement to support them to progress to their longer-term goals.
The SEND team also offers information, advice and guidance on learning support needs to parents/carers and professionals.
To find out more about this process, please click one of the options below.
Young Person – With special educational needs and disabilities.
Do you want to live independently in the future?
Do you want to do a college course in your favourite subject?
Do you want to learn skills to help you get a job?
Whatever you want to do, the college’s Futures programme can help you by developing your abilities and teaching you important life skills.
You’ll learn about money, shopping and cooking, how to travel safely on public transport, and how to live healthily and use leisure facilities, as well as how to communicate with other people and make new friends.
When you decide to come to college a tutor will meet with you and your parent/carer to find out what your hopes are for the future and what your individual needs are.
After this meeting the tutor will decide which what course is best for you and you will be invited into college to have a look around and meet some of the other students who will be on your course.
Parent/Carer – Of a young person with special educational needs and disabilities.
Whether you are aiming for your son or daughter to live in a residential or supported living setting, do a course or get a job, the college’s Futures programme can help. Students will learn important life skills – such as money and shopping, using public transport, accessing leisure facilities, leading a healthy lifestyle and how to make friends and communicate with others – to help them move towards living as independently as possible in the future.
When you and your son/daughter have decided that college is the right place for them, a member of the SEND team will meet with you to assess their current level of ability and achievements, discuss their hopes for the future and their individual learning needs.
Following the meeting the SEND team will set up an individual educational package for your son/daughter and you will be invited to meet tutors and support workers and find out about what life at college is like.
Our Pathways Explained
Preparation for Independence
These courses are designed for students with complex learning needs with the aim of developing core skills to prepare them for an independent active life living in a supported or residential setting.
Preparation for work – Volunteering and Community
This course aims to develop skills, knowledge, and behaviour, against students targets on their Educational Health Care Plans. It will Develop independent and employability skills to prepare students for the opportunity to volunteer or participate in community activities.
Progression to work
The vocational pathway is designed for young people working between Entry Level 3 and Level 1, aiming to prepare them for employment or further vocational study.
Level 2 and above
For students who are working at Level 2 and above who may require learning support, please click the link below to find out more.
What our Students and Parents say…
We have noticed such a significant difference in Anil as an individual, his personality, but most importantly he is very safe at the college. The team have been brilliant, and communicate what Anil has undertaken on a daily basis. They have certainly excelled our expectations.
Hari Harrar – parent of Anil Harrar studying Horizon 1
Graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted
“The curriculum is clear in its purpose and is ambitious for all learners, including those with education, health and care plans (EHCPs). As a result, learners develop skills, knowledge and behaviours which enable them to be successful in the future.”
OFSTED Inspection report – March 2023