Primary Alternative Provision for years 1 - 6

FSD Pathways: Primary Alternative Provision for Years 1 - Year 6

FSD Pathways Primary Alternative Provision support your students with custom made programmes across three main areas.

Education, Sport, Life and Social Skills

With a fully qualified primary teacher leading our primary alternative provision pathways programme, FSD provide a uniquely individualized and flexible approach to education.

We find that some children can re-engage with curriculum-based schemes within a new environment and timetable. Others may need a more innovative approach.

Education

At FSD Academy, we recognise that force often leads to resistance. Instead, we focus on engaging children through activities that spark their interest, fostering a sense of achievement and pride in their work.

We have created an educational programme that can be adapted to cater for each student, harnessing a wide variety of learning resources and techniques to motivate and encourage the students on their learning paths.

By exposing them to alternative methods of learning, students are more likely to engage with a greater level of effort and input.

We deliver a range of educational topics using CGP educational materials, including the following subjects:

Phonics
Handwriting
Comprehension
Reading
Writing
Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation
Mathematics

Our core ethos

Our core ethos is to not only maintain and develop student’s educational pathways, but to equip them with the necessary social and life skills that will enable them to develop into the best possible version of themselves.

Learning through physical activity provides children who struggle in traditional school settings with an engaging and hands-on way to develop essential skills. Movement-based learning not only enhances focus and coordination but also builds confidence, resilience, and emotional regulation. Through structured activities, children learn teamwork, problem-solving, and self-discipline – key life skills that help them navigate challenges both in and out of the classroom.

We also rely on the following educational methods to engage our students:

Disguised learning
Child-led learning
Discovery learning
Physical activities
Workshops
Quizzes
Discussions
Developing soft skills through social activities (i.e. board games, card games, etc)
Group interaction and peer-to-peer socialisation

A typical day at FSD would consist of the following:

Our provision offers daily reports on each student’s progress, behaviour and participation levels, along with an online learning journal that parents and schools can access at any time. This not only keeps families informed but also helps our students recognise their achievements, we also have a rewards system that encourages learners to display positive behaviour.

Morning regulation period – we encourage the pupils to join us for breakfast and a board card game or colouring to ease into the day.

Educational session – we use CGP books tailored to the learners’ level with the additional support to mainstream setting.

Physical activity – our first session mirrors a PE session, we focus on skill acquisition as well as all of the soft skills associated with participating in physical activities.

Emotional regulation – we work on zones of regulation with each student on a 1 to 1 basis throughout their time with us.

Social activities that work on soft skills such as card games and board games / workshops based around students interests such as art and music.

Coaching sessions -an enjoyable end to the day that students love focussing on small games and activities that provide a healthy competition and an opportunity to work on emotional regulation.

Off-site 1 to 2 times a week – our offsite provision is used to both broaden our students experience as well as act as reward for progress. We do offsite activities such as wellbeing walks through Bradgate park, golf driving range, music studio trips, museums, nature walks, bowling trips, games rooms and more.

Sport

FSD believe that all children can access the benefits of sports in some way. We try to avoid labelling children as ‘sporty’ or ‘non-sporty’ and can usually find a way to engage all children with some sort of sporting activity. Whether they have obvious talent and can be nurtured into high level activity and/or teams, or simply prefer fun and relaxation, we can help your students to develop a healthier mind and body.

Activities include:

Football, futsal, basketball, fitness, athletics, dance, agility, invasion games, tag games, handball, dodgeball, tennis, cricket, golf, pool, table-tennis, darts (magnetic) and more.

Life & Social Skills

Politeness, respect and positive thinking lead our core values at FSD and we weave these into all of our daily activities and routines. Additionally, we provide activities that explicitly develop life and social skills. These can include board games, PSHE curriculum, trips, visits, shopping and budgeting. We are also pro-active with mindfulness and strategies to relax; including music, dance, breathing and nature walks. Children are encouraged to understand their emotions with daily check ins and check outs, which include zones of regulation.

Where children have experienced difficult situations, either at school or in the provision we facilitate a restorative approach with reflection, discussion, social stories or role play, all in a safe and calm environment, outside of the moment.