At Applebee Wood we believe that PLP provides students the opportunity to reflect upon their learning and shape their future.  

We aim to provide enrichment opportunities that equip pupils with life skills that prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life. We aim to encourage pupils to develop independence and self-help skills and to become actively involved in the wider community.

PLP helps our pupils to develop life skills as part of their Preparation for Adulthood that will lead to a fulfilled, more independent, healthy adult life. Pupils are transferring their literacy, numeracy and communication skills from the classroom out into the community.

There are many different skills that our pupils learn and they thrive from these new experiences. 

CWP 

Creativity Works Preston (CWP) provides alternative education to pupils who need to learn in a different way to the traditional education system. The crux of the learning environment is learning through doing. They do this by providing an inclusive, professional and supportive learning environment for individuals irrespective of their circumstances or background.

Some of the Skills that the pupils develop are... 

Hair & Beauty

CWP’s hair and beauty qualifications provide hands-on experience of working on real clients as our salons open to the public. It also teaches customer service, customer needs and learners are given experience using developed skills on paying customers.

Film & TV

CWP’s film and TV qualifications are designed to provide learners with the opportunity to gain and develop skills in producing moving images and develop an understanding of new and emerging digital technologies.

Qualification:

NCFE LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATE IN INTERACTIVE MEDIA

Music

CWP’s music qualifications provide an introduction to technical and performance attributes of music technology. You will develop understanding of the music technology processes and skills such as ICT, communication, project management, time management and team working.

Qualification: NCFE LEVEL 1 Award In Music Technology

Catering and Hospitality

CWP’s Catering and Hospitality department offer students the opportunity to learn about catering industry principles, customer service, food safety, food hygiene and basic food preparation.

Art & Design

CWP’s art and design qualifications allow students to investigate sources of ideas in art and design, explore and use various materials and techniques, build portfolio of your work, and explore 2D and 3D visual communication.

NCFE LEVEL 1 Qualifications:

Childcare / Health & Social Care

Childcare. From safeguarding, to diet, to the vital value of play – CWP’s Childcare Courses will guide you through the fundamentals of caring for children. You’ll be able to install valuable life skills that ensure their healthy development.

Health and Social Care encompasses a wide range of services and cuts across all sectors, including public, private and voluntary. It includes services within hospitals, clinics, care homes, medical and dental practices, emergency services, complementary medicine, and more.

PVC

PVC offer the following Qualification:

City and Guilds Level 1 Qualification in Construction Skills (QCF).

The aim of our alternative education programme is to take a holistic approach for tackling social exclusion by supporting young people who are disengaged with school. We do this by offering opportunities outside the classroom and working on pupil’s personal and social development. Our programme engages some of the hardest to reach by using construction techniques that combines prolonged focus, personal interest, sense of achievement and self-confidence

PNE 

Preston North End Community and Education Trust’s secondary school provision programme is for Year 10 and Year 11 students that may benefit from working in a sporting environment, providing bespoke qualifications.

The programme is designed for hard-to-reach Key Stage 4 students who are disengaged with their school-based studies, lacking in confidence or self-esteem or displaying poor attendance in the standard school environment.

The Trust is now offering a range of courses that help to keep students engaged in their work and maintain their focus, also providing opportunities to learn new skills, too.

Students can choose to study with Preston North End as one of their GCSE options with a two-year course in sport or enterprise available, contributing to their progress eight score.

Under the progress eight programme, pupils will study a combined Level 1 and Level 2 course that contributes in Department for Education tables in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

One Vision 

At One Vision Studios they provide an alternative community based training and activities programme in film and media education; taking a person centered, needs led approach to learning and support that will enable individuals to make informed choices about themselves and their education.