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Level E

Foundations for Learning & Life – Self Development

Duration

1 year

Location

Rush Green Campus

Starting

Sept 2025

Audience

16-18

Careers

Horizons

This course is designed for young people aged 16-18, or up to 24. All learners must hold an EHCP who have Special Education Needs.

The focus is transition to adulthood including Independent Living and Employability Pathways with opportunities leading into paid or otherwise and links to the Preparing for Adulthood outcomes.

You may have special educational needs and disabilities such as behaviour emotional and social difficulties (BESD) Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), mild learning difficulties (MLD) and moderate learning difficulties (MLD) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and opposition defiant disorder (ODD).

This course is personalised and curriculum is moulded to support each learner to achieve their EHCP outcomes. The assessments are based on individual needs and ability. This combines employability, personal and social and learning skills to give learners an opportunity to develop the skills needed to progress to employment, independent living, further learning or a combination of these.

On this course, you will learn:

  • Communication
  • Numeracy
  • Personal, social and health education (PSHE)
  • Independence
  • In-House Work Experience
  • Enterprise Projects
  • Enrichment

Your Individual Learning Plan will be designed to meet your needs and develop the skills that will help you make progress towards your future goals.

This course is designed for young people aged 16-18, or up to 24. All learners must hold an EHCP who have Special Education Needs.

Please note that all applicants go through an assessment/interview process to ensure that they are offered the course that is best suited to them.

On completion of this course, learners will feel more confident with the skills needed to progress to employment, independent living, further learning or a combination of these.

Where it can lead to
You could progress to the following courses
Career progression

There are number of routes you can take following successful completion of a course. Further study can include Higher Education courses or a Higher Apprenticeship where you will expand your skills through study whilst earning a wage. Or you may choose to move directly into employment.

Contact our careers team for further guidance.