Students at ROC College benefit from a personalised learning programme, tailored to their skills and interests.

Students are then placed on the employment pathway, where some will take part in traineeships and others will be on supported internships. Students also get to participate in work experience, while our team of job coach tutors support them towards the ultimate goal of paid employment.

ROC College’s curriculum is varied and focused on the individual. Our programmes of study encourage the learning and practicing of a range of workplace skills with a particular focus on independence for each student at a level that is appropriate to them,

You can find out more about our approach below.

Personalised learning

All our students have a flexible learning programme, based on their individual needs, goals and interests.

We’ll get to know each student, what their skills and interests are, and what they want and need to learn for the future.

We’ll work together to create a learning plan that works for each student.

The employment pathway

We provide a range of opportunities for students who are moving towards employment.

For some students, we offer a one-year traineeship programme. The first six months of the traineeship helps students to explore careers and the skills needed for gaining and maintaining a job, from CV-writing to looking and acting the part.

In the final six months of the programme, our students engage with a range of work experience opportunities as well as being supporting to apply for jobs. If they’re offered paid work, we will make sure they have a job coach to induct them into their new role.

We also offer one-year internships for students who already know the career they want. We find local employers and provide a job coach to work alongside you as you ‘learn on the job’. The goal is to upskill into the role and to gain employment at the end of the programme.

We’ve had students take internships in administration, accounting, catering and conservation, to name a few.

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Curriculum

The curriculum is the means by which the college achieves the objective of educating young people in the knowledge, skills and understanding that they need in order to lead fulfilling lives and reach their goals outlined within their EHCP.

We value the way in which all young people are unique, and our curriculum promotes respect for the views of each young person, as well as for people of all cultures.

Read our Equality and Diversity Statement

The college has its own unique curriculums, all of which are individual to each student. They are built with the student with a holistic approach to academic, social and personal targets, all with the goal of preparing for adulthood and a transition into the wider world of independence and work through:

  • Providing a broad and balanced education for all students
  • Enabling students to develop knowledge, understand concepts and acquire skills, and be able to choose and apply these in relevant situations
  • Supporting students spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and ensure they have an understanding of British values and how they can contribute positively to society
  • Ensuring students have an understanding of possible extreme views and ideology that might lead to terrorist activity and how to safeguard themselves against this 
  • Ensuring that students have the information to make informed lifestyle choices and can express themselves without cultural bias and prejudice
  • Supporting students physical development and responsibility for their own health, and enable them to be active
  • Promoting a positive attitude towards learning
  • Ensuring equal access to learning, with high expectations for every student and appropriate levels of challenge and support
  • Providing activities that support students’ learning and progression, and enable them to work towards achieving their goals
  • Developing students’ independent learning skills and resilience, to equip them for their next steps. For example, readiness for transition into supported living, supported employment/internships and employment

To find out more, please read our Curriculum Policy

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