New Bridge Pathways
(KS4)
Executive Headteacher, Head of School, Deputy Head of School
Key People at New Bridge Pathways (ID 1436)
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Mr Gavin LyonsExecutive Headteacher
Mr Gavin Lyons
At New Bridge, our vision is Creating Meaningful Futures for every child and young person in our care. This means providing a nurturing, inclusive, and inspiring environment where every learner is valued and supported to reach their full potential.
Our mission—Learning together, learning for all, learning for life—reflects our commitment to personalised learning, collaboration, and lifelong development. We recognise that every child is unique, and we tailor our approach to help all pupils experience success, build confidence, and develop the skills they need for their future destinations.
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Mr Scott McKeownHead of School
Mr Scott McKeown
It is a great honour and pleasure to be the Head of New Bridge Pathways. I am very proud to sit within New Bridge School, a School of academic and pastoral excellence for Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 young people with SEND. We have a strong and enviable tradition of providing the very best educational opportunities for young people within Oldham and we firmly believe that our New Bridge Pathways campus meets the needs of all our pupils across our Key Stage 4 pathways in a welcoming, supportive and safe environment.
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Mr Paul SoutheringtonDeputy Head
Mr Paul Southerington
It is an honour and privilege to work alongside students and families, and I am excited to collaborate with you to positively impact our learners’ social and emotional development and needs. I am a firm believer that with strong partnerships between the parents and the college, our students can achieve their highest potential in a safe and encouraging environment.
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Across all of the schools in the New Bridge MAT, a key focus of our work with the students is ensuring that they are ready for the next steps of their life and their next destination.
We have a ‘Destination Matrix’ that we use to help identify where children currently are and where their aspirational destination is.
Our Destination Matrix details what levels of knowledge, wellbeing, independence and communication each student should be aiming to have secure before they move to their next destination.
At New Bridge Pathways, our curriculum offer has a focus on the Destinations of ‘working with support in my community’ and ‘Being Independent’.
Therefore, through our curriculum intent and implementation, we ensure that our students are developing the skills that will allow them to be successful members of their community, when they leave us.
Intent
The intent of this curriculum is to support pupils to achieve the following destinations:
· Being Independent
· Working with support in my Community
Our Pathways have been designed to fulfil our pupils’ potential within specific subject areas.
Lumenus, Activ8, Digit4all and Community Living are programmes of study which focus on the Performing Arts, P.E. & I.C.T. and employability respectively.
Please click on the logos below to find out more about each individual Pathway.
Through this curriculum, we aim to equip our pupils with the skills and knowledge integral to each, but also to engage fully in the wider community, develop independence and to gain employment and voluntary work in their adult life.
Our Pathways are tailored, engaging and flexible to the needs of our pupils and reflect their EHCP targets.
By the end of Key Stage 4, each pupil should leave us as a confident young person who is well-equipped to fulfil his or her full potential.
By the end of this Key Stage 4, we would expect pupils in the main body to demonstrate the following benchmarks in these key areas:
Implementation
As part of a broad and balanced curriculum, in addition to the core offer of English, Maths, ICT and Living Skills, pupils have the option to choose from the following:
Art (Leisure)
Music (Leisure)
Dance and Drama Well-Being Programme
Dance and Drama Performance
Duke of Edinburgh
Sports (Leisure)
Classes are taught in their respective Pathway group.
All areas are delivered as discrete subjects by specialist teachers in subject specific environments.
Pupils are taught in mixed ability groups in both years 10 and 11 and have seven lessons of their chosen Pathway a week.
Individual pupils’ needs are met within our split group teaching model, where lessons are fully scaffolded to ensure that all students can access them.
Planning for teaching and learning is based on accurate assessment information; and an understanding of each pupil’s EHCP targets.
Schemes of work are adapted and are constantly under review so that the demands of each cohort can be fully met. Lessons are well paced with opportunities for independent and shared activities and our skilled teachers know how to select tasks that will engage and support our learners.
Extra-curricular activities are included in the curriculum and are linked to each Pathway subject
Impact
Pupils are assessed against the learning outcomes indicated in the accreditation syllabuses and targets for the respective Pathways, core subjects and options.
Technology
Technology supports a flexible and collaborative approach to pupils' learning. iPads are used to enable pupils to:
- contribute to lesson content from the front of the class
- engage with their peers in problem solving activities
- work collaboratively on learning activities
- access differentiated learning at their own pace
- research topics
