Engage Springboard Pathway Purpose:
KS1 and KS2 Engage Springboard Pathway is intended to support any pupil who;
- Are attending a mainstream setting but their presenting behaviour is becoming a barrier to them accessing a full mainstream educational offer.
- Has previously been in receipt of strategies implemented by the mainstream setting, which have not had the impact required.
KS4 – The purpose of this pathway is to support pupils to succeed in their current mainstream school placement. The pathway aims to provide a safe, stable and supportive framework that addresses both academic and SEMH needs, while strengthening connection to their peers, routines and curriculum. The placement aims to position pupils for successful reintegration into mainstream and/or a confident transition to their next educational stage.
Timescales
KS1 – Engage Springboard is a fractional pathway; 1 day (Wednesday) based at a Raedwald Trust setting, and the additional 4 days attending their mainstream setting. The length of Pathway is 12-weeks, not inclusive of school holidays.
KS2 – Engage Springboard is a fractional pathway; 3 days (Monday – Wednesday) based at a Raedwald Trust setting, then 2 days (Thursday and Friday) attending their mainstream setting. The length of Pathway is 19-weeks, not inclusive of school holidays. All pupils on admission will have access to our own Assessment Centre provision, where specialist staff will complete induction activities to ensure the needs of the pupils are accurately captured.
KS4 – Placements on this pathway typically last up to two years and are for 15 hours per week. Pupil placement will be 3 days per week at a Raedwald Trust site, and 2 days per with the home school. The support within this pathway may include:
- Daily attendance routines (e.g. start of the day – registration)
- Integration at social times with peers
- Supported access to dual school lessons
- Small group teaching
- Pastoral or hub group support
- Identification of additional barriers including home circumstances/school observations/ SEND/ Young Carers/ Financial hardship etc.
Curriculum
KS1 & KS2 – Due to the fractional nature of the placement, Raedwald is not able to deliver the entirety of the Primary National Curriculum. During their on-site day, pupils will receive English (phonics, reading, oracy and writing), Maths and PSHE. They will also access Thrive intervention and supported play sessions. Through the agreement set out in the Dual Placement Agreement with the home school, mainstream settings are aware that the responsibility delivering statutory entitlement to the pupil sits with them.
KS4 – The is derived directly from the National Curriculum for Key Stage 4. It is designed as a concentric curriculum (revisited but taught explicitly) or sequential (chunked and taught once for mastery) dependent on different subject areas. Conscious decisions about subject delivery have been made to ensure long-term knowledge acquisition appropriate to the pupils’ age/stage of development. Subject programmes of study span from Year 7 to Year 11 objectives dependent on the age/stage at admission. All pupils will access explicitly taught reading lessons (in addition to English lessons). These are delivered using our Raedwald Trust Readers for Life Curriculum.
Following updates to the School Sport and Activity Action plan, we are keen to be partners in ensuring all pupils have equal access to a high-quality P.E. curriculum and that all benefit from regular physical exercise. This pathway can offer students the opportunity to engage in physical education through healthy participation and the wider pillars of progression. The proportionality of P.E. delivered will be bespoke and wider specific details about the curriculum can be accessed here.
At Key Stage 4, we do not deliver all subjects within the National Curriculum and if a pupil has chosen specific option subjects not available through our pathway, the full responsibility for delivery will remain with the home school. Such areas include History, Geography, Modern Foreign Languages, P.E. (agreed additional hours to supplement our offer up to 90 minutes per week). For pupils entered for single science or English literature, we will work with you to understand how our existing science and English curriculum programmes of study can support exam entries for your pupil.
Additional support for post-16 transition will be incorporated into each curriculum area and specifically the PSHE curriculum structure. Conscious decision making about the curriculum is detailed within programmes of study; curriculum sequencing is detailed within subject curriculum overviews. These are available on our website at: https://www.raedwaldtrust.org.
For pupils who remain with us during GCSE examinations, mainstream schools will make exam entries and pupils can sit exams in their home school or a transfer arrangement (if all involved believe this would be most suitable for the pupil) can be agreed for them to sit exams at a Raedwald Trust site. If this arrangement is requested, home school would be responsible for this application. If access arrangements are required, mainstream schools would be responsible for the submission of Form 8/9 JCQ applications and other relevant exam board applications; access testing costs and responsibilities can be discussed at appropriate review meetings.
Where additional needs are identified, staff may deliver bespoke interventions, such as:
- PE Health and Well-being curriculum
- Life Essentials curriculum (SEMH, resilience, independence skills)
Assessment
KS1 & KS2 – There is a focus on live marking within all lesson, this then allowing students to receive quick, reactive feedback tackling any misconceptions and gives the opportunity for pupils to respond, either verbally or through written responses in their books.
Progress across the week whilst at Raedwald is communicated to the home school via a weekly report. This report gives the home school a snapshot of attendance and learning progress as well as sharing areas of behaviour achievement/difficulty and strategies used to support.
KS4 – During the induction period, staff will work alongside the Raedwald Trust Assessment Centre to obtain baseline information that will help us to inform future teaching. Pupil progress will be tracked against the baseline and shared with home schools on a 6-weekly cycle. Information will be recorded in a Pupil Support Plan and shared with the home school, and wider professionals where required.
If/when the significant gaps or additional needs are identified, this will be fed back to the home school SENCo who may direct intervention to be delivered by Raedwald staff as part of the pathway offer. These identified interventions will be assessed according to the APDR cycle, directed by the home-school and in some cases facilitated by Raedwald Trust staff and shared with the parents/carers.
Engage Springboard Pathway is offered at;
Key Stage 1 First Base Bury St Edmunds Academy