HOSPITAL TEACHING SERVICE

Hospital Teaching Service

Curriculum Intent

The intent of Cranbury College Hospital Teaching Service is to provide patients with a wide range of lessons, ensuring continuity of their education throughout the duration of their hospital stay. The principles within the DfE statutory guidance for Local Authorities, January 2013; ‘Ensuring a good education for children who cannot attend school because of health needs’, underpins our curriculum. Therefore, every patient regardless of health needs is able to access a good education, which is personalised to meet their individual needs and gives them the opportunity to experience, where possible, a breadth of curriculum experiences. Our curriculum is designed to support the social and emotional needs of patients, which help with reintegration back into their enrolled school.

Short-Stay Patients

Lessons are offered to all school aged patients, primarily focussing on English/Phonics, Mathematics, and Reading.  Additionally,  ‘Special Days’ are celebrated, which provide all pupils with cross-curricular learning opportunities. The curriculum is designed to not only reinforce the value of education but also help to build confidence, provide continuity, identify and close any gaps in learning and provide the patient with normality throughout their hospital stay.

Long-Stay and Recurrent Patients

For long-term patients, bespoke timetables are built in partnership with their enrolled school, medical and social care professionals, and parents/carers. This ensures continuity of learning based on the curriculum they would receive in their enrolled school, developing core skills whilst aiming to reduce any anxiety around returning to their normal setting. The Hospital Teaching Team ensures the patient’s school receives regular updates on progress, engagement, and assessment, which allows for a high quality of teaching to be delivered which is relevant and purposeful. When it is not possible to build a bespoke timetable in partnership with a patient’s enrolled school, the Hospital Teaching Team will carry out assessments in English/Phonics and Maths and take into consideration any SEND and medical needs to create a timetable which closely mirrors the curriculum they would be accessing according to their school year.