The School Day and Learning Support

To allow flexibility of subject choices the school day can start from 08.30 and run through to 17.55, however core hours are 09.20 to 16.00 and students have to be in the College during those hours. Throughout the day students are expected to remain in the College, and we monitor this through a regular registration system. When students do not have a lesson they are timetabled to be in either one of our two study halls. Here they can access the internet for research purposes, prepare homework notes or do follow up reading. In the long term, this is training students into the habit of managing their work load and encouraging them to plan and prepare their work, whether it is at GCSE level or eventually at degree level.

Dyslexia and Learning Support

We have been supporting students with dyslexia for over ten years, by providing specialist help within our mainstream school. We have a well-qualified learning support teacher but, equally, teachers across the College understand the needs of dyslexic students. We can offer assessments and we provide those diagnosed with dyslexia a weekly one-to-one lesson to help overcome the related difficulties. The student has the opportunity to develop learning strategies that can be used in all classes and the teacher will help the student to organise his or her work. Fostering a sense of self worth and building up confidence are vital ingredients of the support offered.