Prospectus 2021-2022 PHOENIX BAY SCHOOL

PHOENIX BAY
      SCHOOL

Prospectus 2021-2022

Who Are We?
       Phoenix Bay school is a special,
       independent school, committed to
       helping young people who are
       struggling to successfully flourish in
       mainstream education. We are
       dedicated to creating opportunities
       that allow students to thrive beyond
       the classroom and into everyday life.

       Using a positive, therapeutic approach
       to learning, Phoenix Bay School
       specialises in areas such as trauma and
       abuse survival, negative behaviour
       patterns, helping students to
       overcome barriers to their learning
       and to guide them to achieve their
       true potential.

What We Do
We believe in a tailored approach to education, that
recognises and celebrates every student’s passion
and interest. Small class sizes and a high staff-to-
student ratio ensures that individuality is at the heart
of everything we do. Students are encouraged to
take ownership of their education with guidance to
identify and develop their talents and skills.

Phoenix Bay school offers exciting and engaging
pathways with an alternative educational approach
based on the young person’s needs, together with
vocational routes to ensure our student’s feel
inspired and motivated to invest in their individual
futures.
We want to give students a sense of autonomy which
allows them to have a voice, to feel safe and to
thrive within their educational setting. Working with
dedicated and specially trained members of staff
teachers, mentors, and pastoral support,
encourages students to form differing and healthy
relationships, helping guide our students through to
the end of and beyond their educational journey.

Our Curriculum
      Phoenix Bay school offer an innovative curriculum
      to inspire and empower all our students.

      Providing individual pathways with an alternative
      educational approach based on the young
      person’s needs, together with vocational routes to
      ensure our student’s feel inspired and motivated
      to invest in their individual futures.

      Our curriculum design ensures that the needs of
      individual and small groups of students can be
      met by responsive, quality first teaching,
      supported by targeted academic and pastoral
      interventions to ensuring our students make
      progress, positive change, and achieve regardless
      of their start point.

Our Curriculum
               Our timetable is divided into six areas:

CORE SUBJECT                                                  TOPIC
                         READING                          (HALF TERM THEME)
 LEARNING

                                                            RETRIEVAL
                      STAND ALONE
    SEMH                                                      AND
                         LESSON
                                                           REFLECTION
                           (PE)

INTERVENTIONS                                              POSITIVE
  ART
             Every class at Phoenix Bay will have an allocated       RELATIONSHIPS
             Well Being Mentor, who depending on the
             requirements of the individual, will deliver tailored
             therapeutic pastoral interventions such as:

                                                                       Positive
                                                                      Behaviour
                                                                        POSITIVE
                      FOREST                 THERA - PLAY
 ANIMAL                                      MENTORING               Management
                                                                       BEHAVIOUR
                      SCHOOL

RESILIENCE          EMOTIONAL                                        COUNSELLING
                                                MUSIC
                     LITERACY

Empower
Safety, Independence, Empathy, Person-Centred.

Inspire
Opportunities, Collaboration, Maximise Outcomes,
fulfilment.

Achieve
Self-Belief, Transform, Discover, Flourish.

Phoenix Bay School
         Acorn Centre
       Lummaton Cross
           Torquay
            TQ2 8ET

www.PhoenixBay.co.uk