Farleigh College Education

Farleigh College Frome is fully approved by the DCSF as a specialist residential school for pupils with Asperger's Syndrome and has recently achieved the Investors in People Award.

Students with Asperger’s syndrome are often found to have considerable strengths in the area of visual cognition yet need structured support for the development of their communication skills, social interaction, imaginative and flexibility in thinking, organisation, planning and problem solving skills. The curriculum is therefore tailored to individual needs so that delivery styles, content and priorities meet these needs. The curriculum accessed by each student contains elements of the National Curriculum that are personalised and adapted to the pace, progression and specific needs of the young person as indicated in their Statement of Educational Need.

The broad, balanced and differentiated curriculum offered leads to GCSE and GNVQ examinations in Key Stage 4. Some students may benefit from less academically intensive courses and many of these subjects can be followed as a GCSE Entry Level Certificate. Information communication technology (ICT) plays an important part in the education of students, with every student having access to their own personal computer within their classroom.

Subjects 

Farleigh College offers a large selection of subjects to its students, some are offered as an opportunity to gain formal qualifications, others may be purely for the enjoyment of the individual.

Subjects include: Maths, English, Science, ICT, History, Geography, PE, D&T, Art, Music, Textiles, Photography, Languages, outdoor education, vocational education, work experience, Business Studies, Social Studies and Social Skills.

All students particularly those in Year 10 and 11, are encouraged to aim for, and to undertake an increasing degree of independence. Having selected specific examination courses to pursue from the start of Year 10, they have effectively taken some responsibility for their own actions and as such responsibility for their own learning. This is continued into the last year of school (Year 11) where the level of independence is commensurate with their ability to make realistic decisions.