Curriculum - Eagle House School (Mitcham)

Our special needs teachers offer a personalised curriculum for every pupil, delivered within the Steps or Bridge provisions. At Eagle House School (Mitcham), we work within the framework of the National Curriculum, Every Child Matters and the Eagle House Approach to teaching and learning.

Our aim is to give every child equality of opportunity through a broad and balanced curriculum. Our special needs teaching for autism covers the core subjects of English; Maths; Science; Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) and Information Communication Technology (ICT). Other foundation subjects include Geography; Music; PE; Art; Design technology (DT) and History. Religious Education is also an area of study but it is not a National Curriculum subject.

Literacy and Numeracy

We aim to incorporate the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies into our Primary Department planning and teaching. Literacy and numeracy are integrated into the normal good practice of our teaching day. During the first few weeks in school, children undergo baseline assessments, which give us an idea of where individual children are starting from. Teachers continually evaluate children's work and record their progress.

Our aim is to consider the whole child's global development; our teaching is designed to build upon and develop the social, physical, emotional and intellectual abilities of our children. We identify individual needs and plan work and activities which develop the child in a progressive way. We base our teaching on a variety of approaches choosing the most effective for each child.