School Curriculum

From September 2024 the school curriculum will be structured in 4 clear pathways:

• Pre Formal 

• Informal

• Semi- Formal

• Formal 

Our Curriculum Pathways:

Our curriculum pathways offer learning programmes which are broad, balanced, highly ambitious and aspirational, centering on the premise that ‘the student is the curriculum’. The needs, skills and individual outcomes of our students are at the heart of everything we do.

To meet the unique needs, aspirations, and outcomes of our students, we offer 4 curriculum
pathways – Pre- formal, Informal, Semi- formal and Formal. The unique design of these
pathways offers the appropriate level of nurture towards each student but also allows for
increasing challenge and complexity of learning when needed. Flexibility and individuality of
approach is also key.

Our approach also ensures that there is fluidity between pathways, allowing for a
personalised approach that enables students to benefit from approaches from other
pathways and to move between pathways when and if appropriate.

We use a multifaceted approach within all our pathways to support students to develop a
range of skills to reach their optimal stage of learning and thrive at school, home and out in
the community. Our aim as part of a multidisciplinary team is to support all our learners to
develop a sense of belonging with their wider communities, giving them the tools and
strategies to access opportunities now and beyond into adulthood.

For information on the Post-16 Curriculum at Heaton School

Please see the ‘Post 16 at Heaton School’ page which is currently being updated.