The Horizons Story

School days are often referred to as 'the happiest days of your life'. However, at Horizons Education we are aware that for some students this is not always true, and that many struggle to engage to such an extent that every day becomes a challenge both for them and for their teachers.

At Horizons Education we offer an opportunity for students to develop the skills to provide a positive return to their mainstream schools. Our learning journey will ensure that core skills in literacy and numeracy are maintained and strengthened. In addition we provide a strong pastoral support plan to identify and improve upon areas that will facilitate a more positive return to a learning environment.

Partnerships

We work with local authorities and also schools across Wirral and the North West.

We have curriculum options for secondary and primary aged pupils.

The Horizons Educational Commitment

The spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of our students is at the heart of our curriculum and the wider Horizons approach.

All teaching at our school is designed to incorporate a 17-point SMSC criteria, which is fully embedded into our topic-based learning programme.

This includes: fundamental British values; use of creativity and imagination in learning and socialising with peers.

In addition, we regularly offer social learning- and life skills-based activities, assemblies, guest visits, and school trips. We also have a robust social, emotional, and mental health programme run by dedicated SEMH staff.

You can find more information on our SEMH and RSE policies here.

Safeguarding

A priority for every educational provider and something we keep central at Horizons. We have 3 DSLs onsite and should an incident occur that requires safeguarding intervention, we will initiate the necessary steps and then work in conjunction with the DSL at the partner school to ensure students are kept safe and well.

Courses at Horizons

We are proud of the range of courses we offer at Horizons Education:-

A core of English and maths with all students completing a baseline assessment when starting.

STEM, art, PSHE, cookery, forest school, PE, thinking skills and student voice.

ELSA (Activities to support the emotional wellbeing of students. Delivered by a trained ELSA teacher)

Supporting Schools

We are proud of the settled and calm atmosphere in our centre and encourage schools to just come to site whenever they feel necessary. We believe that this gives confidence to schools that our structure and setting is as positive as we say it is.

We provide a weekly report for all student that details their engagement with lessons and enables you to provide evidence of the positive impact of the Horizons provision.

Students will usually do 5 days a week at Horizons (9.45-13.15) Monday to Friday.

At the end of the 12 weeks, there is the option to continue using the support that we offer but at a maximum of 3 days a week (9.45-13.15)

Get in touch

Whether you would like further details or you would like to organise a place at Horizons for one of your students, please use the form below and a member of the team will be in touch within 24 hours.