
OUR INTENT
Our Ethos
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All young people should have the opportunity to thrive in an educational setting.
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We believe that each young person should be able to realise there potential in preparation for their next steps in their life journey.
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All young people should be given the chance to develop a variety of different skills and achieve their life goals
Our Aims
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Engage young people at a provision based on a balanced curriculum including academic, vocational and life skills.
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To allow students to self-regulate themselves and teach young people to make appropriate choices.
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Develop strategies to enhance young peoples’ social, emotional and mental health.
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Facilitate reintegration back into school or on to further education or employment.
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Our Offer
At Balance, we regularly work with young people holistically to develop their educational, social, emotional and behavioural needs.
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Our staff team are trained to work with students with a variety of learning needs and to differentiate work accurately and effectively, based on baseline assessments.
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We have high expectations of behaviour for all young people at the alternative provision.
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Our small groups and high staff-students ratios provide a setting for nurturing to take place. This means that we can tailor the curriculum and level of support for each individual, allowing every student to make progress and achieve success.
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Students have the opportunity to take part in a variety of vocational, academic and sporting activities to develop a range of life skills.
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We have a positive learning environment which is safe and allows all young people to make progress. Staff employ strategies that promote and consistently recognise positive behaviour. On very few occasions we apply a consequences system for behaviour that does not meet our expectations.
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Students are supervised at all times whilst at the provision at social times and in lessons.
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Students have access to indoor sports facilities and are able to attend a gymnasium to develop their cardiovascular fitness levels.
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Students are expected to attend all sessions. We believe that outstanding attendance is key to students progressing.
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We regularly meet with parents to discuss their children’s progress and make weekly positive phone calls.
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We have external agencies deliver sessions on how young people can stay safe and well when outside the provision.
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Guest speakers discuss a variety of different career options to give students motivation and aspirations, to aim high for themselves.
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