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What is the INTENT of our curriculum?

All staff at Oak Tree school are committed to delivering “the best education for every child”. The aim of our broad and balanced curriculum is to ensure children leave our school with tolerance and respect for others, emotional resilience, good social skills and the best outcomes possible.

Our ambitious curriculum has four goals and is designed to help our children to;

  • Maintain positive and healthy relationships so they can socialise with others well and experience lifelong friendship and love. We know that this will help raise self-esteem and lead to a more positive outlook on life, thus helping to ensure the best future outcomes.
  • Become emotionally resilient. Prior to joining us our children have found it difficult to understand and regulate their emotions, often leading to behaviour that has challenged. This has led to them feeling unsuccessful in previous educational placements. It is our ambition to support and educate our children so they are able to regulate their emotions and behave in a way that allows them to be successful in the future. When children leave Oak Tree School, we want them to understand their emotions and how to manage them positively.
  • Become tolerant and respectful individuals who will not undermine fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law and individual liberty.
  • Achieve the best possible outcomes.

We know that this is different for every child that attends our school.

It is our ambition to ensure ALL learners develop detailed knowledge and skills across the academic, technical and vocational curriculum and therefore achieve the very best results. Careful baseline assessment of each child allows us to create differentiated provision with high expectations for every learner – the leadership team are unwavering in trying to help children secure their very best. We know that this will help our children move on to the best post 16 destinations available to them. We are committed to ensuring our children leave Oak Tree school ready to access either;
The highest level of post 16 education possible appropriate to their ability, interests and aspirations
Relevant and considered employment and/or training that broadens horizons.

Work with each student and the results will be fed back to parents/carers within eight weeks of joining the school, and continuously throughout their academic journey.

Ongoing assessment is used to inform how students are progressing against this baseline assessment. Oak Tree School’s senior staff and therapy team will meet on at least a half termly basis to identify students who are not progressing as expected so that action plans can be developed to help implement and evaluate intervention strategies.

The curriculum we deliver at Oak Tree School is designed to engage, challenge and inspire the children who attend our school. It will help them to develop and progress over a broad and balanced range of subjects as well as develop socially, morally, spiritually and culturally. Students can access a wide range of extra-curricular activities whilst at the school, with a wide variety of off-site and outdoor education options.

Foundational Curriculum (KS1,2 & 3)

The skills learnt in our foundation curriculums prepare our children for KS4 (Options Curriculum). The curriculum at KS1,2&3 (foundation Curriculum) includes, English, mathematics, science, physical and outdoor education, computing, art and design, design and technology, geography, history, religious education, music, languages (via cultural weeks), relationships and health education, catering, careers and PSHE.

Options Curriculum (KS4)

In KS4 all children will be offered options alongside a core curriculum of English, Maths and Science, physical and/or outdoor education, citizenship and / or PSHE. Students will get the opportunity to choose from a range of vocational, technical and academic qualifications including (but not limited to);

  • GCSE in English, Maths, Science, Art, Business Studies, Citizenship, DT, Global Perspectives, History, Media Studies, Sociology, Textiles
  • BTEC Awards/Certificates in Vocational Studies – following a choice of pathway – Caring for Children, Home Cooking Skills, Performing Arts, Sport and Active Leisure, Land Based Studies and Construction/Practical skills, Graphic Design, Young Enterprise Project, Junior Sports Leader Award
  • Arts Award at Bronze or Silver Level
  • ASDAN Short Courses
  • Duke of Edinburgh Bronze and Silver Award
  • NCFE Qualifications

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Truro Business Park, Threemilestone, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9NH

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