Ages 16 to 20
WILD Post-16 Programme
Specialist post-16 provision, close to home, for young people with EHCPs and complex needs. WILD Post-16 is a flexible, two-year programme combining therapeutic support, personal development, core skills, vocational learning and preparation for adulthood. Learners work towards nationally recognised qualifications chosen to fit their abilities and where they want to go next.
Unit by unit
Learners complete individual units and build credits.
Recognised
Nationally recognised, externally accredited qualifications.
Integrated
Accreditation is built into everyday learning.
Personal
An Individual Learning Plan linked to EHCP outcomes.
Settling in and first units
- A supported start: regulation, routine and trusted adults.
- Personal development and core skills every day.
- A primary vocational pathway, with tasters in others.
- First units completed and first credits earned.
Building on year one and moving on
- New units each term, building on the first year.
- More independence and responsibility on the vocational pathway.
- Further credits towards an appropriate Award, Certificate or Diploma.
- A transition plan and supported handover to what comes next.
Learning is recognised through nationally accredited qualifications, including NOCN Skills for Employment, Training and Personal Development, with Awards, Certificates and Diplomas achieved as learners build the required credits. Which one depends on the pathway, the level and what the learner achieves.
Support for learners
Wellbeing and personal development
Personal development is taught every day. Each day has time built in to regulate and reset.
Support from professionals
Coaches and subject leads teach specialist sessions. Consistent support workers stay with the group all day, with 1:1 practitioners where needed.
Therapeutic environments
A working farm with animals and open space, a calm low-arousal indoor hub, and a classroom setting for next steps.
Vocational pathways
Learners choose a primary vocational pathway and try others alongside it, doing real work with real tools, such as caring for the animals, building in the workshop, maintaining vehicles, growing and cooking food.
- Animal care and equine
- Horticulture
- Construction
- Motor vehicle and cycle maintenance
- Hospitality and catering
- Business
- Health and social care
- Creative and digital
The Framework and the Portal
The WILD Framework®. Wellbeing, Interaction, Learning and Development. Staff use it to understand each learner, plan support and record progress.
The WILD Portal. Plans, session evidence, attendance and welfare are recorded in one secure place, so reports come from live records.
For families. A secure parent portal shows updates, attendance and end-of-term progress reports.
A WILD Post-16 day
- 09:40
- Farm briefing
- 10:00
- Personal Development
- 11:00
- Core Skills
- 12:00
- Lunch
- 12:30
- Vocational
- 13:30
- Life Skills
- 14:30
- Finish
Commissioning a WILD Post-16 placement
Each placement is built around the learner's EHCP outcomes and runs one to three days a week. We agree costs after a consultation, and report on progress every half term.
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