Harrogate PRS Strategic Educational Vision

Our aim is to provide all students with an appropriate and considered range of opportunities for them to gain personal fulfilment through learning. Taking into account the wider social and emotional needs of each student, all staff endeavour to transform students’ motivation and develop the whole child spiritually, emotionally and intellectually. We aim to provide students with a range of opportunities which allow them to experience achievement thus enabling the majority to make a successful return to mainstream education or enter into continued education and/or employment.

Working in partnership with schools, parents, carers and the wider community we aim to promote the educational and social inclusion of our students. Through the delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum, we strive to maximise each students’ potential for further learning in addition to the development of employment skills. Interaction with others, participation and teamwork are strongly encouraged and opportunities are delivered through a range of approaches. In addition to building on a student’s prior achievement, we manage behaviour consistently in a safe, supportive and stimulating environment. We fully endorse the outcomes of the Government’s ‘Every Child Matters’ initiative, ensuring that, as far as possible, our pupils: Be Healthy, Stay Safe, Enjoy and Achieve, Make a Positive Contribution and Achieve Economic Well-being. Staff work closely with students across the Key Stages to help them develop strategies to cope with conflict, anger, stress and anxiety and demonstrate the importance of acceptable and appropriate behaviour.

We believe that our Service should support our students and prepare them for the future by providing a framework of the core values, skills and knowledge that they will need to grow both socially and individually. Through the endorsement of autonomous learning and inclusive practice, we will strive to help our students develop into mature, successful young adults.

Pupil Referral Service Aims

In order to achieve our vision, the Service will work with students, parents, carers and other professionals and organisations to:

· Respect and value each other and work cooperatively
· Promote opportunities for all through a challenging and appropriate curriculum
· Develop an understanding of our strengths and weaknesses and increase self-respect and self-discipline
· Foster an appreciation and understanding of the core values of truth, hard work, compassion and consideration
· Enable students to accept greater personal responsibility for their own actions.
· Provide students with the opportunity to access nationally recognised accreditations