Curriculum
Chatsworth High school and Community College caters for students from 11 – 19 years old with a range of severe, complex and profound learning difficulties and autism. Our students range from P 1 to National Curriculum level 3.
Chatsworth has a broad, rich and varied, structured curriculum that caters for all our students. There is a strong emphasis on practical skills, independence skills as well as offering access to all National Curriculum subjects and a whole range of other relevant and engaging activities.
Our curriculum is divided into 12 subject areas:
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- Cookery, Catering and Hospitality
- Creative Media
- Humanities
- Computing
- Modern Foreign Languages
- Performing Arts
- Personal Social and Economic Well-being
- Physical Education and Leisure Studies
- Religious Education
Work related learning and sex and relationship education are taught as appropriate.
Students who are working below National Curriculum Level 1 are working within the P Scales. P scales are assessment criteria which enable us to track pupils progress as they develop. The P scales are split into eight different levels with P1 being the lowest and P8 the highest.
The curriculum for each subject is divided into 3 areas of development:
P1 – P3
P4 – P7
P8 – NC2
Please follow the subject links on the left to find out more about what students do in each area of the curriculum
What OFSTED said about our curriculum:
"Themed projects effectively cover the National Curriculum through 10 core areas in a curriculum modified to students’ ability. Good flexibility within the curriculum enables personalisation of learning plans. These meet students’ needs and interests well."