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Student Achievements
Travel Training Takes Off: Building Confidence and Independence
Our travel training programme has helped students build independence by learning to plan journeys, read timetables, and travel safely on public transport.

Student Achievements
Travel Training Takes Off: Building Confidence and Independence
Our travel training programme has helped students build independence by learning to plan journeys, read timetables, and travel safely on public transport.

Creative Crafts
Fresh Spaces, Fresh Ideas: A New Creative Crafts Classroom
Our Creative Crafts team has moved into a bright new classroom at Brogdale Farm, giving students more space, inspiration, and freedom to explore their creativity.

Food & Cookery
Serving Up Success: Food & Cookery Students End the Year on a High
Our Food and Cookery students ended the year by showcasing their skills through a two-course meal assessment and creative café design project, demonstrating growth, confidence, and real-world thinking.

Horticulture
Horticulture Teepee Challenge: Creativity in Full Bloom
Our horticulture students showcased their creativity and practical skills in this year’s teepee-growing challenge, impressing Lady Anne Marie Nelson with thoughtful garden design and plants grown from seed.

Life Skills & Independence
Maths Does ‘Come Dine With Me’: A Delicious Twist on Learning
Our maths students explored budgeting, price comparison, and problem-solving through a fun ‘Come Dine With Me’-inspired project that blended real-life learning with creativity and teamwork.

Animal Care
Paws, Claws & Progress: Small Animal Care Expands at Brogdale Farm
This year we launched two new Small Animal Care classes at Brogdale Farm, giving students hands-on opportunities to care for a range of animals while building confidence and skills for future careers.

Food & Cookery
Kitchen to Table: Cooking Skills Brought to Life
Food & Cookery students explored a range of dishes this term, visited Perry Court Farm, budgeted for ingredients, and cooked with fresh local produce in a hands-on “farm to table” experience.

Safeguarding & Support
Celebrating Wellbeing: Building Confidence and Positive Mindsets
This term, our wellbeing team has supported students through affirmations, confidence-building activities, G.R.O.W.T.H. journals, and emotional support to help them recognise achievements and develop life skills.

Life Skills & Independence
Successful Transitions: Students Thrive in External Work Experience
Learners who progressed from our internal programme into external work experience placements this term have excelled, receiving fantastic feedback from employers.

Life Skills & Independence
Maths Beyond the Classroom: Real-World Learning in Action
Students strengthened their maths skills this term through hands-on activities including route planning, budgeting, pattern work, measurement, and real-life problem-solving across Faversham and Ashford.


