Aspire Pathway & Avenue

The Aspire Pathway and Avenue are for children with Moderate to Severe Learning Difficulties. It provides experiences and opportunities that promote communication, emotional intelligence and well-being, confidence, and independence. The curriculum is developmentally appropriate and seeks to teach National Curriculum standards, ensuring our pupils have the best opportunities to access independent living and work in their adult lives.

The Aspire Pathway and Avenue offer a subject-based curriculum delivered similarly to mainstream education. Pupils access a range of learning experiences through practical learning, conversation-based activities, and applying learning in formal ways, such as writing and written methods in maths.

The Aspire Curriculum covers Early Reading, English, Maths, and Science. Additionally, foundation subjects such as Art, Computing, Music, PE, and PSHE are taught. The subject knowledge and skills provide a functional base for pupils to apply this knowledge to their broader world experiences through curriculum activities and visits.

Pupils participate in various trips and visits that support their access to the curriculum. These experiences are designed to help pupils understand how classroom learning applies to real-world contexts.

The Pathway timetable is structured to capture pupils’ attention and focus, with subject-based learning and skills taught in the morning. In the afternoon, the focus shifts to enrichment activities that support pupils in regulating, experiencing the world, and accessing the community.