Millbrook Horizons
Our satellite site, and the home of “Millbrook Horizons”
Millbrook Horizons is the satellite site of The Becklands School. It is part of the same school, under the same Department for Education registration, with the same curriculum, the same leadership structure, the same safeguarding arrangements and the same expectations of every pupil.
Millbrook Grange, Station Lane, Holme upon Spalding Moor, YO43 4AL
What Millbrook Horizons is for
Millbrook Horizons is the satellite site of The Becklands School. It is part of the same school, under the same Department for Education registration, with the same curriculum, the same leadership structure, the same safeguarding arrangements and the same expectations of every pupil.
Millbrook Grange, Station Lane, Holme upon Spalding Moor, YO43 4AL
Curriculum at Millbrook Horizons
Students who attend Millbrook Horizons will still get access to our extensive SEMH curriculum, they still complete English and Maths etc.
However, Millbrook is the location for our land-based and practical curriculum to be delivered. It is links in strongly with employability and preparation for adulthood, designed to move pupils towards further education, training or work with real skills and real accreditation behind them along with fostering key skills such as confidence, working as a team, resilience and supporting emotional regulation by using the outdoor space.
Subjects that can be delivered onsite include:
- Animal care — routine husbandry, handling, welfare and responsibility for living things
- Equine learning — working with horses, in a setting that asks for patience, calm and self-regulation
- Horticulture — growing, propagation, seasonal planning and site maintenance
- Joinery and woodwork — measuring, planning, making and finishing practical projects
- Lifestyle and leisure — the practical and social skills of adult independent living
Alongside these pathways, pupils gain accredited qualifications and additional employment training in areas such as health and safety and first aid.
We are enthusiastic about starting BTEC qualifications this year in the above subjects in due course following our recent registration.
Students are provided with an offer appropriate for their abilities, age and also EHCP outcomes.
Qualifications and accreditation
Work at Millbrook Horizons is accredited, not informal. Depending on the pathway and the pupil’s starting point, learning leads to recognised qualifications and units ASDAN, NOCN Functional Skills, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, AQA Awards and any BTEC delivered on site.
Pupils working at Millbrook continue with their English, maths and wider curriculum. The two sites deliver one curriculum between them.
What a Millbrook day looks like
Staffing and safeguarding at Millbrook Horizons
- Headteacher/Operations Director & DSL: Claire Horsfield
- Head of Site & DDSL: Becky Thomas
- Head of Operations: Danielle Kenington
Safeguarding at Millbrook Horizons operates under the same whole-school policy and the same Designated Safeguarding Lead as our Market Weighton site, with a trained deputy designated safeguarding lead based on site so that concerns are received and acted on without delay.
All land-based, animal-handling and outdoor activity is risk assessed, supervised by appropriately trained staff, and reviewed regularly. Staff working at Millbrook Horizons are recruited under the same safer recruitment procedures as all our staff and are recorded on the school’s single central record.
Visiting Millbrook Horizons
We welcome visits from placing authorities, parents and carers, and professionals supporting a young person. Seeing the site is the quickest way to understand what it offers.
To arrange a visit, contact the school office on 01430 338569 or email [email protected] or attend one of our open days.
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