Curriculum and Planning

The purpose of the Mowbray School curriculum is to prepare young people for their futures. Preparation for Adulthood is at the very centre of the learning that takes place.

Early Years learning (Nursery and Reception, aged 2-5) is through play; imaginative, creative, physical, interactive or structured play using the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework as a guide. From Year one, pupils are linked to a “Pathway”.

Mowbray Curriculum is organised and delivered through “Pathways”.  These are known as Formal, Formal Pastoral, and Semi-Formal Pathways. Pupils are allocated within a pathway according to their specific needs.

“Semi-Formal” curriculum develops thinking skills, creative and expressive learning and is developmentally appropriate.  The pathway makes use of  numerous approaches to learning including; TACPAC, Rebound Therapy, swimming, Attention Autism, Intensive Interaction, TEACCH approach, Jabadao and Forest Schools initiatives.

The “Formal Pastoral” curriculum offers the next step towards formalised learning where children engage in a variety of play based, topic based and structured learning activities where there are opportunities to promote skills for literacy and numeracy

“Formal-Pathway” Learners in Year 7 follow a timetable in which they move between rooms and experience different subjects and teachers have different subjects, teachers and rooms. The Formal curriculum has a very “mainstream” feel about its content, and its delivery is very carefully matched to the needs of the learners.