The three-year Ruskin Mill Orientation Course is harvested from Rudolf Steiner's curriculum for Waldorf Education and tailored to the unique needs, talents and aspirations of every new student. Through engagement with a curriculum involving practical craft and land work, students take part in individual programmes designed to enable them to make the most of their potential and work in small groups of two or three.

In the first and second years, the Orientation Course develops clear thinking, emotional awareness and both practical and academic skills. In the third, the focus shifts to a vocational pathway, work experience and life beyond college.

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What we offer:

Day and residential provision with a three year practical skills therapeutic course that includes:

• Land-based craft and arts curriculum

• Living skills

• Citizenship

• English, maths and computing (functional skills)

• Speech and language, counselling and other therapies

• A wide range of qualifications within the Qualification & Credit Framework

• Physical and sports activities

• Access to learning opportunities in the wider community

Students learn to:

• Be safe and healthy

• Achieve and be more confident

• Make friends

• Recognise their strengths and where they need support

• Communicate their needs and wishes

• Manage their behaviour

• Cope with change

• Make choices and decisions

• Be more independent

• Understand the value of giving and receiving

• Develop skills for work and employment

The future:

We work with students in planning their future when they leave college by:

• Working in tutorials and seminar groups

• Developing a person-centred plan

• Working closely with family, carers, Social Services and Connexions Advisors

• Providing a Transition Passport

What other students have gone on to do:

• Living independently

• Supported living

• Employment

• Supported employment

• Voluntary work