Adventurer Pathway

Students on the Adventurer Pathway have been identified as having the ability and disposition to follow a more academic route through the school. They are likely to leave St. Joseph’s and go into Further Education at a local college, before getting a job.

Progression through the school is by ability rather than purely by age. This recognises that many of our students are delayed in their development and may need more time to reach their potential.

The starting point of the Adventurer Pathway is the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). Younger students are taught a broad-based curriculum using the International Primary Curriculum as a basis, but aiming for them to reach, or show they are making progress towards reaching, the EYFS goals for Literacy and Numeracy.

Students will then study Functional English and Maths at, in order, Entry Levels 1, 2 and 3 with a view to taking the NCFE Functional English and Maths tests when ready. They may then go on to study these subjects at Levels 1 and 2 and GCSE.

Adventurer Pathway students also study OCR Life & Living Skills at Entry 2 or 3. St. Joseph’s also offer GCSE courses, taught either in-house or at a nearby mainstream school, with our staff support.

Although the academic side of the Adventurer Pathway is important, there is also an equally important emphasis on developing social and life skills, and internal and external work experience placements at an appropriate age.