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"Children's actions and demeanour show that they feel safe and confident in their
environment.
"Staff are confident in recognising that children's behaviour is a form of
communication." Ofsted Care Inspection 2019
Vocational skills development:
Life skills are developed with a strong vocational focus throughout the School.
Older students are placed into two of six vocational learning programmes in
which they are taught specific vocational skills - this is alongside classroombased
teaching. Work placement-relevant skills and experiences are developed
within the streams, with a view to ensuring employability after the young
person's time at Prior's Court School.
The vocational learning programmes are:
• Housekeeping
• Administration and Finance
• Business and Retail Enterprise
• Land-based (husbandry and horticulture)
• Catering and Hospitality
• Trade Skills (such as woodwork and metalwork),
• Plus bakery learning (within our industry-standard social enterprise).
Opportunities are identified for projects and work placements both on-site and
off-site to support and, depending on the young person's abilities and interests,
may include:
• animal husbandry in the on-site, outdoor Countryside Learning Centre
where young people care for animals.