Papworth Hall School, Cambridgshire - Option Autism Services Ltd

At Papworth Hall School we are committed to enhancing the lives of all our young people through education preparing them for life in the community.

We support our children to be:

• Safe – be safe, feel safe, and understand risk
• Understanding – be effective and successful communicators
• Kind – be kind to all around them, to understand and respect the needs of others
• Happy – be healthy and happy individuals who enjoy coming to school
• Ambitious – have goals and dreams for their futures and be supported to achieve them
• Successful – find regular achievement and celebrate this as part of a community.

Curriculum

We recognise that all pupils will need to develop core communication and interaction skills, learn how to manage their physical and sensory needs, impacting positively on their social, emotional and mental health, before they are able to immerse themselves in the wider demands of the curriculum.

We use thematic topics to steer and enthuse our pupils, offering them a broad and balanced offer across the length and breadth of the national curriculum at a developmental stage that is appropriate to their needs.

There are 3 learner pathways:

• Roots - Following the EQUALS semiformal curriculum.
• Shoots - Students enjoy our thematic curriculum, whilst developing their interests across a range of subjects.
• Leaves - Our leave's pathway prepares students for the transition to further education or the next stage of their lives and follows the EQUALS semi formal/formal curriculum.

Times and availability

Age Range: 5-16 years