Welcome to the Vocational Faculty

Mrs J Tudor
Faculty Leader, Vocational

Miss C Perry
Job Coach

 

Vocational Pathways

 

 

Vocational Studies

HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE

Our vision is to inspire and prepare students for meaningful futures in the health, social care, and early years sectors. The Level 1 Award in Introduction to Health, Social Care and Children’s and Young People’s Settings offers a vital foundation for learners to explore and understand the values, roles, and environments within these caring professions. Through this course, we aim to build informed, compassionate individuals ready to take the first step toward making a positive difference in people’s lives.

Course Aims:

• To develop students’ awareness and understanding of health, social care, and children's and young people's settings.
• A chance to understand how different care environments work and who they support
• Practical knowledge about real-life job roles and the people who do them
• Opportunities to build confidence, independence and communication skills
• To introduce the key values and principles of care and support work.
• Encouragement to think about their future and where their personal strengths might take them
• To support informed decision-making about future career pathways and progression opportunities.
• To prepare learners for further study, including the Level 1 Certificate in Health, Social Care and Children’s and Young People’s Settings.

CONSTRUCTION 

This academic year, Construction is provided by SATRO - educational charity providing practical, skills-based learning who will deliver an introductory Construction Programme to Meadow High School students, teaching basic practical construction skills and associated theoretical knowledge. The course aims to give learners hands-on experience, support employability, and help them work toward nationally recognised accreditations such as the AQA Unit Awards and potentially BTEC Level 1 Award/Certificate in the following years.

Course Aims:

The Construction Programme is designed to:

• Introduce students to key construction skills and workplace standards.
• Develop practical abilities in a safe, supported environment.
• Enhance employability, confidence, and teamwork.
• Engage learners who benefit from vocational, hands-on learning.

HAIRDRESSING

City and Guilds 

The Hairdressing department at Meadow High School focuses on our learners developing skills and knowledge in a practical skill set. This therefore supports their ability to encounter real life situations and to work in a realistic working environment. We offer the course to the learners in KS4 and KS5.

This course has been created to provide experience to widen basic industry skills, with a focus on communication and client care. This is a bespoke course that develops the pupils’ learning and personal growth in a nurturing and supportive environment. Learners develop excellent communication skills, build practical skills in a multiple sector environment and help them prepare for progression and employment within the hair and beauty sector. These skills can lead to a successful career in the hairdressing industry.

The hairdressing lessons involve interacting with a variety of clients who each have their own likes and dislikes, and an important part of the hairdresser's job is to actively listen to and communicate with each client both verbally and non-verbally.

This course applies to those who have a keen interest in working within the hair and beauty industry.  

Aims:

• To gain a greater understanding towards the hair and beauty sector.
• Being able to present a professional image in the salon. 
• To gain confidence in shampooing and conditioning the clients hair.
• To gain understanding of Health and Safety within the hair and beauty sector.
• to be able to apply basic skincare and the knowledge of the required products.
• to be able to apply basic manicure and the knowledge of the required products.
• To be able to style, plait, roller set and twist the hair.
• to gain employability and personal skills.

HORTICULTURE

Our vision is for horticulture to inspire our pupils and encourage them to be inquisitive about the world. Working outdoors on the school allotment nurtures their innate curiosity and enables them to develop a range of skills that are useful across their learning both now and in their future lives.

There is a range of evidence that supports the idea that regular contact with nature can benefit a wide range of our learners. Importantly, research highlights that children’s senses are motivated by nature and that the experiences form children’s relationships with natural areas in a way that is often remembered into adult life. Literature in this area has identified the need to keep children connected to nature and natural landscapes. It has also suggested that young people develop better when they have access to outdoor learning, which can affect their cognitive learning, their behaviour and social interactions as well as their wellbeing. Academic progress has been linked to exposure to the outdoors as well as learning about horticulture through horticultural experiences. As well as the use of the environment for learning, there is the impact that the landscape itself can have on pupils. Increasing young people's access to the outdoors can have a positive impact on pupil performance.

Aims:

• become aware of the appropriate clothing required to work outdoors
• be able to safely use and identify the tools required
• be able to grow and look after the seed until it is ready to be planted outdoors
• be able to sow plants outdoors
• be able to clean and tidy the tools and the garden after planting and safely put the tools away