Our curriculum
We will provide every student with the opportunity to achieve success.
Vocational qualifications
Taught by specialist teachers with vast experience of raising standards of disengaged students including those in social care.
These qualifications will include NCFE and VCTC qualifications in:
Barbering
Hair and Beauty
Construction
Plastering
Painting and Decorating
Sport
Outdoor education qualifications
Taught by specifically trained instructors with experience of raising standards and improving the performance of disengaged students.
Students will work through their Emergency First Aid at Work qualification as part of this programme of study.
Work-based learning
This will include weekly sessions on-site and also work experience placements with local businesses. These will be tailored to ensure all students have the opportunity to sample some of the following:
Painting & Decorating
Bricklaying
Plastering
Welding & Fabricating
Carpet fitting
Motor vehicle mechanics
Roofing
Hairdressing
Beauty treatments
Personal training
Personal development & post 16 progression routes
As well as the above, students will also receive regular PSHE sessions and specific IAG sessions to ensure there is a clear progression route when leaving engage to ensure no student becomes Not in Education, Employment or Training. This will include assistance in completing their CV, Portfolio of work and achievements, interviewing skills and regular college visits.
Our partners
At engage we are already proud to be working closely with a network of local business owners with whom our students have been granted varied and tailored experiences.
Our relationships include:
Drager, Unit Twenty Barbering, Howdens, Northumbria Flooring, James Burrell Builders Merchants, David Weatheritt Plumbing Services, The Tuckbox, Hetherington & Lisle Plastering, LazyDays Cafe, Dapa Designs, Forged Training, AK Fitness, CK Cleaning, Diamond Taxis, StuArt Aviation, Blyth Town FC.