To help keep all pupils safe, please ensure the school has up-to-date information about any allergies your child may have. Accurate allergy information enables us to put appropriate support plans in place, train staff effectively, and respond quickly in an emergency. We all have a part to play in creating a safe environment, including following our nut-aware policy and being mindful of the food brought into school. If your child has an allergy, please contact the school or update their details via Arbor. Be Allergy Aware and Save A Life - see more here.
By the end of Key Stage 4 we aim to have developed knowledge of decisions to have children, parental responsibility, pregnancy and the birthing process. The students will learn the postnatal process that occurs in the UK and study how to care for sick children and keep them safe. Students will learn how development occurs from the ages of 0 to 5 years old and how conditions and environment can affect development. The students will develop key practical skills incorporating feeding skills and observation skills that can be transferred to wider study or apprenticeships after they move on from Paignton Academy. The curriculum allows for key skills as a reflective practitioner to be developed so students can evaluate their own skills which are apt to level 3 study or work in the future.
Students will deepen their knowledge and demonstrate their practical skills and think like a practitioner who works with children, drawing together knowledge, understanding and skills learnt across the 2 years of study.
We aim for Child Development students to finish Paignton Academy with a skill set that will enable them to access level 3 courses or apprenticeships and with an excellent foundation of knowledge of how children develop and how to care for and keep children safe.