U2U ~ About You and for You 

During school term time we can provide alternative education programmes for 13 to 16 year old students for up to 4 days per week at our training centre in Beeston and 2 days per week at our training centre in Worksop

The U2U Alternative School provides a distinctive and specialised curriculum covering personal development, life skills and citizenship, using a teaching methodology that is designed for students in years 9, 10 and 11 who are unable to engage with mainstream school provision.

Our curriculum is based on a philosophy that places the emphasis on the whole development of the young person, including emotional, physical and moral well-being as well as academic progress. We place a strong emphasis on pro-social modeling and developing emotional resilience and self awareness.

Formal learning is just as important, and is done in creative and artistic environments. Students have individual learning plans and the opportunity to study according to their interests and abilities, a typical class will include a range of learning methods and achievement recording techniques.

Our class sizes are deliberately small, typically 10 students, and our staff support ratio is high. This intensive support and coaching can have a dramatic effect on the ability of young people to gain the confidence and academic momentum to be able to successfully re-engage with learning in a more formal environment.

Programme content: Starting in September 2008, our programme will be delivered in line with the Foundation Learning Tier Diplomas that are being piloted nationally following a Creative Arts and Media or a Health & Social Care route. The U2U core curriculum focuses on key & basic skills and, personal & social development. Functional skills are integrated into the curriculum. Learners will be taught by a mixture of directed learning & one-to-one tutorials. 

Curriculum: The core curriculum focuses on the learner’s personal, emotional and social development through a variety of learning based activities that challenge the student to explore their attitudes, perceptions and personal values and question other people’s views and ideas. We use a variety of teaching methods and recording techniques including written, artistic, photography, video and voice recording etc. Literacy Skills are integrated through all of the activities although they are tested and recorded separately.

The curriculum is designed to work through National Open College Network units that are being developed to build towards a full Foundation Learning Tier Diploma. Students will work at a Level 1. The units can be collected to either gain an Award (6 units), a Certificate (21 units) or a Diploma (42 units).  

Personal Project: The students undertake a personal project that is unique to the individual learner. For this they have 1 hour of direct learning followed by a one-to-one tutorial. Learners will choose the topic and manage their own project. The aim of the personal project is for the learner to use the skills they have learnt throughout the whole course or other provision that they attend, to demonstrate and develop these transferable skills in a practical and relevant piece of work. 

Cost: The cost for a place on this course is £6.50 per learner per hour. Sessions must be reserved and paid for in advance either annually or on a term by term basis. This cost includes all course materials, accreditation costs, support costs and basic refreshments such as fruit snacks and cold drinks during sessions. Lunches and exam or test feeds are not included.

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