Vision and Values

Our school vision is to ensure the young people who attend Teenage Kicks achieve the best possible outcomes to succeed in society. We value each pupil individually and support them in the best possible way we can through ‘Engagement’, ‘Progress,’ and ‘Outcomes’. 

Engagement  

At Teenage Kicks, young people engage in a rich and purposeful curriculum that offers opportunities to achieve a broad range of qualifications, including GCSEs, AQA awards and VTCTs. All pupils take part in our whole-school literacy programme, which focuses on developing reading skills each morning and is further supported through tailored 1:1 interventions throughout the week. In addition, pupils benefit from bespoke learning packages designed to strengthen both literacy and numeracy in an effective, structured and meaningful way. Through these approaches, we raise aspirations and ensure every learner is equipped with the skills and confidence needed to achieve success.

Progress 

At Teenage Kicks, we pride ourselves on providing an array of opportunities for our pupils to progress. This could be academically or through social, emotional and mental health development. We track and monitor progress on a lesson-by-lesson basis through our behaviour system and systematically support those who need it. Pupils can achieve both individual or collaborative success within their form group and have opportunities to obtain tangible rewards, as well as celebrating their success within school at the end of the week. Our SEND team create individualised targets for all pupils and tailor these towards their Education and Health Care Plans; creating a bespoke, nurturing package which is monitored and reviewed every 6-weeks. 

Outcomes 

Everything that Teenage Kicks strives to achieve is aimed at providing the best possible outcomes for all. All pupils have personalised targets/outcomes and work towards achieving them daily. These outcomes may be academic or may include social, emotional and mental health outcomes too. The broad and balanced curriculum that we offer also includes an array of qualifications that all pupils can achieve. These qualifications will hopefully provide all our pupils with the best possible outcomes to not only succeed at post-16, but also beyond this within our community as positive, productive citizens.