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Dovetree School
Our school offer
Our aim is to provide pupils with a range of opportunities so that they can reach their full potential.
Key stages
Pupils in Key Stages 2, 3, 4 & 5 attend Dovetree School.
We provide a broad and balanced curriculum with opportunities for enrichment activities through educational visits and field trips. We take account of the National Curriculum and put an emphasis on pupils developing basic skills in Literacy and Numeracy with cross curricular links across subjects.
Education
We offer our pupils a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum, through which everyone is given the opportunity to reach their full potential.
We believe in encouraging pupils’ self-esteem, which is often low when they start with us, by ensuring that the curriculum and tasks that are set are challenging yet achievable, thus enabling them to further succeed and develop.
GCSE results
We are delighted with the range of examination results achieved this year, from entry levels to GCSEs. The pupils achieved 36 examination outcomes, which they were all delighted to receive.
Head Teacher, Rebecca Hill commented:
“They are a credit to themselves and their parents/carers for all their hard work this year. Well done!”
Curriculum
All pupils at Dovetree School have access to the curriculum. Our Key Stage 2 and 3 programmes follow the national curriculum.
Our Key Stage 4 programme encompasses a wide range of academic and vocational subjects, as well as a range of nationally recognised accreditation opportunities, which include GCSEs and also vocational awards such as:
- Motor Vehicle
- Construction
- Hair & Beauty
- Product Design - Resistant Materials
- Creative and Media
- Hospitality and Catering
- Art and Design
Vocational Centre
The onsite purpose built Vocational Centre offers pupils the opportunity to develop skills and offers them a hands-on experience so that they are able to master new skills ready for the world of work.
Our aim is to provide pupils with an ever-growing variety of options so that they can explore different vocational subjects allowing them to experience new pathways in a simulated work environment. The vocational courses are taught by experienced staff who have industry experience, which further enhances the quality and learning experience of the pupils.
Careers guidance
At Dovetree, we are committed to ensuring we provide our pupils with the highest levels of careers guidance, advice and information. Our Careers, Information, Advice & Guidance (CIAG) programme ensures that every pupil is given the support they need to step confidently into their chosen career path when the times comes to move on.
CIAG is embedded into our curriculum and our science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) opportunities are measured against the eight standards of the Gatsby Benchmark for the 2022-23 academic year. In lessons, teachers promote job roles that link to their subject, and pupils discuss career opportunities and what qualifications they would need to progress into that career, whether this be through apprenticeships, college or university.
In years 10 and 11 students study the ASDAN qualification in Personal and Social Effectiveness allowing them to develop the skills needed to progress on to their next step in learning. Through independent careers advice, with a Prospects Careers Advisor, they make informed choices about the options available to them.
Dovetree is supported will be supported in the attainment of compliance through the guidance of the Group’s dedicated Employability Manager, who will provide support to Careers Leads and through the development of a central resource hub for all aspects around the Gatsby Framework. The Witherslack group supports all its school and homes through the WG Futures Programme.
You can read our Dovetree Futures- Career & Work Related Learning Summary 2022/23 Policy here
Find out the latest apprenticeship information & advice for parents, supported by the National Apprenticeship Service.
We work to ensure we meet the Gatsby Benchmarks for careers delivery in our schools.
You can view our Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance Policy, plus supporting documents, below.
Useful Links
Take the Careers Quiz by clicking the link https://www.getmyfirstjob.co.uk/Develop/CareersQuiz.aspx
Labour Market Information (LMI) helps you to select careers based on skills and current information on the labour market http://www.lmiforall.org.uk/widget/
Futures
Whether our children or young people want to be an astronaut or an artist or anything in between, we are completely committed to helping them realise futures that are out of this world.
Developed in complete collaboration with schools, employers and young people, Futures is all about delivering unlimited aspiration and endless opportunity for every child.
Trust us when we say, your child’s future truly matters to us too.
Our therapeutic support
We provide young people with unrivalled levels of therapeutic support, both in terms of the expertise and experience of our in-school staff and the wide range of therapies offered.
Our therapeutic approach includes:
- As required, young people have the support of our Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Occupational Therapists.
- Our commitment to delivering outstanding therapeutic support to all young people is based on attachment principles. We believe that unless a young person is able to feel emotionally secure they are less likely to fulfil their personal, social and educational potential.
- Our unique approach to supporting young people allows us to achieve uniquely outstanding outcomes, which in turn enable our young people to go on to realise a future filled with aspiration and achievement.
Our commitment to therapeutic support
We have an extensive Clinical Team, who are able to offer our young people within our school a truly personalised and comprehensive package of therapeutic support.
- We will ensure that every young person develops resilience and releases their potential by providing the appropriate clinical support for their social, emotional and mental health needs.
- We will support a young person to develop their competencies and abilities to help them become a capable young adult.
- We will completely integrate the delivery of therapeutic support.
- We will operate a direct delivery model of therapy offering universal services targeted to the needs of individual children and young people.
Staffing and pastoral care
Our staff have a wealth of experience and qualifications in teaching and caring for pupils with Special Educational Needs. They have also received training from Witherslack Group’s Clinical Team, which includes clinical psychologists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and therapists.
Teachers and teaching assistants are extremely well equipped in providing appropriate support to meet the needs of our pupils and establish a positive and engaging learning environment. The education staff consists of a stable and experienced team and the professional development of teachers and teaching assistants is supported through regular internal and external training. This ensures extremely effective teaching practices are in place and lesson activities are well-planned to support learning.
The Pastoral Care Team develop excellent links with parents, carers and families, as well as professionals involved with a pupil. They also provide additional support, when required, to help pupils engage in classes.
We are dedicated to the development of each young person focusing on areas such as independence, self-esteem, resilience, making safe choices and communication.
All this support allows each child, whatever their needs, the opportunity to engage and enjoy their education.
The Pastoral Care Team ensures that all pupils’ well-being is constantly reviewed and developed, and that strong links are made between school and home.
Make an enquiry
Whether you are interested in your child attending our school or just want to know more information about our offer, contact our team.