The Skills Passport

There are eight main skills that have been highlighted nationally as useful for university or apprenticeship courses and ultimately future careers. Our Co-Curricular Programme is committed to providing opportunities to develop these important skills.

Skills Passport

The Skills Passport is where students collect evidence of their development in each skill set.

Each CoCu activity will focus on one or two skills so students can pick a wide variety of activities giving them a breadth of experience.

Each skill is broken up into three levels (Intermediate, Advanced, Master), allowing students the freedom to try and develop their skills at a level to suit them.

Teachers will collect evidence of students having developed that skill as they work through the various skill descriptors. Once a skill has been demonstrated, the teacher will sign off that evidence in their Skills Passport booklet.

For each level to be achieved, students must demonstrate five pieces of evidence that will result in a certificate of achievement for that particular skill level. Students can also log their achievements on Unifrog, as this will give them an electronic record of evidence.

Students are able to choose to really focus on becoming a master of one particular skill set, gaining evidence across a number of different CoCu activities, or they may wish to broaden their experience across many.

Telling stories is one of the most powerful means to influence and inspire others. It forges connections between people, ideas and their values. When the time comes for your child to start the next stage of their learning journey, we want to ensure that they not only know what their key skills are, but know how to link their experiences in telling their own story to inspire and influence the people around them. Ultimately, this will make them more successful in whatever they choose to do.

We are proud to be a part of your child’s story!