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Curriculum Marylebone

Senior School Curriculum

Abingdon House Senior School is proud of the rich, broad and balanced curriculum that we offer our students. Our holistic curriculum is ambitious in making sure students are able to acquire all of the necessary skills and knowledge in order to make their own meaningful next step.

Our curriculum is supplemented by our intent to integrate therapeutic learning of independent life and social skills.

We offer two qualification streams in our upper senior school according to the needs of each individual student, these are our Theta and Sigma Pathways.

These pathways offer a range of qualifications and learning experiences in order to prepare students for their next stages in life. As a result, we are able to offer a range of core and vocational subjects with qualifications from ASDAN and Functional Skills through to Level 2 BTEC and GCSEs in English and Maths.

Please see our curriculum design below for more detailed information.

Lower Senior School

Ages	Y7 – Y9
Ability	National Curriculum Year 1 – Year 9
Lessons	English, Maths, Science, IT, Humanities, PE, Games, Social Skills, Life Skills, Food Tech, Art, Drama, Music, PHSE, Enrichment

Upper Senior School

	Theta Curriculum Pathway	Sigma Curriculum Pathway
Ages (3 year cycle)	Y9 – Y12	Y9 – Y12
Lessons/Qualifications	Qualifications	Qualifications
	English Entry Level 1 – Level 2 (Functional Skills)	English Entry Level 1 – Level 2 (Functional Skills or GCSE)
	Maths Entry Level 1 – Level 2 (Functional Skills)	Maths Entry Level 1 – Level 2 (Functional Skills or GCSE)
	Science AQA Unit Award or Pearson Entry Level Cert	Applied Science – BTEC Level 1 / 2
	Humanities AQA Unit Award or WJEC Entry Level Cert	Humanities – AQA Level 1 / Level 2 Project
	IT Pearson Entry Level Cert	IT NCFE Level 1 and Level 2 – IT User Skills
	ASDAN CoPE Level 1	ASDAN CoPE Level 1 or 2
	Princes Trust Level 1 in Personal Development and Employability Skills	Princes Trust Level 1 or 2 in Personal Development and Employability Skills
	Home Cooking Skills – Level 1	Home Cooking Skills – Level 1 and/or Level 2
	Options (students choose two)	Options (students choose two)
	PE NCFE Certificate in Sport	PE NCFE Certificate in Sport
	BTEC Art & Design	BTEC Art & Design
	BTEC Creative Media Production	BTEC Creative Media Production
	BTEC Performing Arts	BTEC Performing Arts
	BTEC Hospitality & Tourism	City & Guilds Horticulture
	City & Guilds Horticulture	NCFE Travel & Tourism
	NCFE Travel & Tourism	NCFE Sport
	(all up to Level 1)	(all up to Level 2)
	Duke of Edinburgh Bronze or Silver	Duke of Edinburgh Bronze or Silver
	Non-Qualification Lessons	Non-Qualification Lessons
	PHSE, PE, Games, Life Skills, Social Skills, Creative Arts (Art, Music and Drama in rotation) & Employability	PHSE, PE, Life Skills, Social Skills, Creative Arts (Art, Music and Drama in rotation) & Employability

Abingdon House Sixth Form

Ages	16 – 19
Lessons/Qualifications	Core Lessons
	English Entry Level 1 – Entry Level 3 (Functional Skills)
	Maths Entry Level 1 – Entry Level 3 (Functional Skills)
	The following lessons are based on the ‘Wheel of Independence’ framework:
	Humanities
	PE
	PHSE/So Safe
	Life Skills
	Social Skills
	Creative Arts
	BTEC Home Cooking Skills
	Employability
	Options
	BTEC Art & Design
	BTEC Creative Media Production
	BTEC Performing Arts
	BTEC Hospitality
	BTEC Travel & Tourism
	Duke of Edinburgh Bronze or Silver