Our Curriculum

Our curriculum seeks to provide a nurturing and dynamic learning environment tailored to the unique needs of our autistic pupils.

Our curriculum is designed to be meaningful, engaging and motivating with clearly structured lessons adapted to student's needs and exciting outcome-led community visits.

We seek to enable autistic pupils to engage in learning which is enriching and specific to their interests. Educational, Health & Care Plan outcomes inform the Individual Learning Plan (IEP) targets.

Learning phases

Our Sutherland House School Curriculum has been organised into three phases: primary, secondary and post-16.

Each phase has three modules:

My Skills
My Enrichment
Myself & the World

This allows our young people to learn the foundations (primary), practice their skills (KS3) and then to apply this prior knowledge to support transition into adulthood (KS4/KS5), offering sequenced learning through structured steps, supporting our pupils to apply their skills.

Each subject has specific curriculum maps to demonstrate progression over time.

Progress towards targets is closely monitored and contributes to the student's annual review, and termly multi-disciplinary meetings ensure the whole child is supported alongside academic skills.

Post-16 education

We have a distinct approach to post-16 education with focus on preparation for adulthood. Post-16 pupils have the option to access external college placements, work experience and placements.

Our Values

Our curriculum is guided by our core values:

Aspirational
Efficient
Innovative
Person-Centred Focused
Promoting Independence

Positive Behaviour Support

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is at the heart of everything at Sutherland House School.

This values-led, data-driven, person-centered approach means that our focus is on improving pupils’ lives. This embraces co-production and therefore ensures parents and all staff involved with that pupil can work coherently and consistently to achieve the best outcomes for the student.

Curriculum Implementation

The two curriculum pathways at Sutherland House School are designed to meet the wide range of learners with an EHCP.

Each pupil is provided with a bespoke educational experience which allows our pupils to work towards curriculum and EHCP outcomes with therapeutic support.

Need more information?

Please get in touch with us if you have any questions about our curriculum or about our school.

Phone: 01302 203675

Email: braithwelladmin@aem.org.uk

You can also read our other pages to find out more about our learning approaches and pathways.