City of Rochester School is Independent Secondary school in Not applicable for kids aged 5 to 18 (Gender - 5 to 18 )
They are a small school offering an individualised and bespoke curriculum that enables pupils to thrive, shaped by our principles of Confidence + Resilience = Success. The curriculum is both academic, offering accreditation of learning programmes from KS3 through to GCSEs and BTECs in KS4 and KS5 together with the experiential. In addition to mastery of the core subjects such as in English, Mathematics and Science, pupils participate in a range of exciting off-site learning opportunities that support the curriculum for example – horse riding; farm school; forest school and practical and vocational work such as film making, robotics and photography. The pupils’ neurodiversity means that we focus on their social and academic development. This is reinforced by powerful pastoral and family engagement programmes. In addition, they have a highly experienced therapy team – for example Speech and Language, Play Therapy, Counselling and Occupational Therapy to address our pupils’ individual needs. The specialist staff know all our pupils, parents and carers very well and this forms the bedrock of our approach.
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At City of Rochester School we offer our pupils a bespoke education package that is matched as closely as possible to the National Curriculum. In addition, there is an experiential learning element which ensures the children are immersed in their learning programmes and the subject matter – this includes links to the outside world where pupils can connect with nature. All Aboard Phonics is our systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) programme. All aboard phonics have created a scheme that specializes in making sure struggling readers are not left behind. All aboard phonics has a complete set of short decodable books that integrate with the curriculum, week by week and a soon to be published complementary home reading app.
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Digital Safety
In this ever increasing technological world, it is very important to keep children safe online. At City of Rochester School we promote the use of the Internet and technology both at school and at home as they feel that it is an invaluable tool for teaching and learning and is an amazing resource.
City of Rochester School is an independent, special school for children with Autism and associated complex needs and can accommodate 60 students between the ages of 5 to 18.For children with either proposed EHCPs (Educational Health Care Plan) or a final EHCP, the Local Authority will consult with City of Rochester School for a placement whether as a result of a parental request or as a decision of the Local Authority. If a place at City of Rochester School is considered to be appropriate following consultation, the Local Authority will name City of Rochester School on Section 1 of the EHCP. A request for a place at City of Rochester School must be made to the SEN Team.
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