At the Rubicon Centre, we believe in developing every aspect of a young person. We have created a curriculum to address academic achievements which includes a core offer of English and Maths, alongside developing social, emotional and mental health skills. We provide lessons specifically targeted towards personal development. These are all in line with our school ethos: Respect, Responsibility and Resilience. We provide a broad and balanced curriculum.

Key stage 4 pupils will experience practical lessons in cooking and art with the opportunity to complete a level 1 BTEC Award in Hospitality, Art or Vocational Studies.  Our curriculum also offers ASK (Acquired skills & knowledge) which supports PHSE and careers education.  Where appropriate year 11 students will be supporting in exploring and applying for post-16 options.

We believe in providing a range of qualifications to match the ability of each pupil, therefore baseline assessments will be carried out on entry to our centre to ascertain a pupil’s individual starting point. This allows our teaching staff to support each pupil on their academic journey.

Each pupil is assigned a key tutor who will communicate regularly with parents/carers. Achievements and rewards will be celebrated with pupils and ‘Student of the week’ will be awarded for those displaying: hard work, resilience, responsible behaviours and respectful attitudes towards adults and peers.

The social, emotional and mental health needs of our pupils is supported using ‘Thrive’ where appropriate and advice and support is provided by external agencies and professionals.