School Aims
- To provide for all students a curriculum that is broad, balanced and relevant: that meets their individual,
prioritised needs: that includes the national Curriculum - thus enabling all pupils to develop their full
educational and social potential.
- To provide a secure and stimulating environment that will encourage all of our pupils to contribute
positively to home, school and community life.
- To provide and environment within which our pupils are able to develop their communication skills to the full,
and which will encourage positive self-image, self-expression and personal advocacy.
- To ensure that all pupils have access to appropriate Integration opportunities with their peers and with others,
both in school and within the local community.
- To provide opportunities for students to work towards independence and social competence: and to encourage
students to make real choices, whilst at the same time understanding and considering the needs of others.
The Curriculum
Dorothy Goodman School aims to provide a safe, stimulating and caring educational environment, in which all children are
able to learn and develop their social, creative and academic skills. We provide access to a broad, balanced and
relevant curriculum, with a wide range of learning experiences available. Also we recognise the need to offer
specialised educational work, depending on the identified needs of the pupils.
Throughout the curriculum, students are encouraged to have an understanding of themselves and the world about them,
enabling them to become self-confident young people and to develop skills in a setting, which is both structured and
caring.
Our curriculum is made up of 4 core subjects: English (including communication): Maths: Science: and also Personal and
Social Education (PHSE) which we consider to be particularly important for our youngsters.
We also provide full access to the National Curriculum Non-Core Areas - technology, History, geography, Music,
Information and Communication technology, Art, P.E. and Modern Foreign Languages.
The work is made relevant and interesting through careful planning and a programme of thematic work, which links the
subjects together and makes them meaningful to our pupils. A wide range of resources support the curriculum including
a central library, comprehensive audio-visual material, computer software, CD ROMs and Internet access.
All classes, with the exception of the 16-19 year olds use the Literacy & Numeracy Hour frameworks, although the
emphasis remains very strongly on individualised programmes of work.
Post-16 Curriculum
Our post-16 students work in an adapted Bungalow, adjacent to - and linked to - the school. The Bungalow is fully
wheelchair-accessible, and offers a distinct curriculum, focussing on:
- Life Skills, e.g. cooking their own meals
- Practical Skills, e.g. the use of money
- Community experience, e.g. shopping
- Work Experience
- Enterprise work
- College courses (at North Warwickshire College)
All students are enabled to participate, through setting individual targets, and all students work towards a
nationally accredited ASDAN certificate.
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