Aim
Egerton Rothesay School is extending its educational provision to students beyond the age of 16 (Year 11), thereby creating provision for Year 12 students in September 2012 , with the aim of extending this to Year 13 students in September 2013.
Rationale
Children currently at ERS will continue to mature beyond the age of 16 and may require an additional amount of support and time in order to enable them to transfer successfully into a further education establishment or employment. ERS is developing both one year and two year educational programmes within a high quality, secure and supportive environment in which students are able to continue to mature, develop and learn. This provision will also be open to suitable students currently at other schools.
The curriculum to be offered will enable students to gain confidence and independence in both learning and life skills, in a setting which offers engagement in largely vocational study. Additionally, subject to GCSE reform, there could be opportunity to retake one or more core subject GCSEs.
The school’s full range of additional provision will continue to be available to students in Year 12 who would benefit from it. This includes specialist 1:1 literacy and/or numeracy tuition, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and assistance with social communication. Students will be encouraged to experience relevant work situations within their chosen courses and to take part in off-site visits to support and develop their understanding and learning. Students will also be encouraged to engage in roles of responsibility within the school.
Organisation
Students in Year 12 will experience an organisation structure similar to that already in place for other year groups. Attendance at school will be full-time, 5 days a week. The school day will begin at 8.45a.m. and finish at 4.00p.m. Students will be able to use the school bus service.
Students will be members of the current Year 10/Year 11 Base structure, extended to include the older year groups. They will begin and end each day in a tutor group. If a tutor room space is required (see enclosed table) it is likely that this will be upstairs in the Woods Building. The school day will be organised alongside current practice in the senior school- i.e. split into six 50 minute learning periods, a morning break and a lunchtime. Students will take part in a compulsory PE lesson each week with Years 10 and 11 and take part in the school’s Friday afternoon activity programme..
At the current time, it is difficult to predict the final uptake of places in September 2012. The school has considered how it would manage a comparatively small intake in its first year to ensure that, whatever the number of students in Year 12, provision would be financially viable and therefore sustainable. (For details of how the school would make provision should there be 6 pupils or fewer within Year 12 please ask for a copy of our current leaflet or download the pdf.)