A message from the Headteacher
It is a pleasure to welcome you to Unity College.
We offer educational provision for children placed in care homes within the Cross Regional Project in Buckinghamshire, Oxford, Milton Keynes and Hertfordshire who are aged between 11 years to 19 years.
All the children that attend the school are Looked After Children with space for up to 36 students on-site. Unity College are committed to providing a broad and ambitious curriculum that offers students the chance to access learning that will benefit them beyond the school. Alongside this our Values incorporate the following key headings “Unique, Nurturing, Inspire, Tolerance and Your route to a fulfilling future” and are embedded in the practice, ethos and outcomes in school to enhance their learning opportunities.
Our educational curriculum provides two different learning pathways giving students a chance to move between curriculums depending on progress, needs or to support times of crisis. Both curriculums utilise the National Curriculum and offer qualifications that include Functional Skills, BTEC, Trinty Awards, Duke of Edinburgh and ASDAN with the Formal Curriculum also offering GCSE options.
Our school has an inclusive ethos for which students can join us throughout the school year and may often have experienced periods of disrupted learning or time out of school. We adapt our teaching and offer interventions to support the needs of our pupils with universal, targeted and individualised approaches that allow them to thrive, both academically and socially.
Unity College supports young people with social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs which can include additional needs such as autism spectrum conditions (ASC), social communication difficulties, and associated learning difficulties. Some children have EHCP’s, within the school, but not all children.
We support emotional development by utilising a Positive Behaviour Approach, PACE and Zones of Regulation. The approaches, teamed with our interventions, create a framework in which the students within Unity College develop and thrive.
Our school governing body, led by our Chair of Governors, is a strong and supportive team who take an active interest in all aspects of the school and pupil progression.
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