A Brighter Future

For many young people with social, emotional and mental health difficulties and those with an autism spectrum condition, achieving meaningful qualifications such as BTEC, Foundation Studies or GCSEs is just one part of their journey towards success. Their destination – or where they go to next after Kedleston – is also vitally important and a good measure of just how far they’ve come.

So often we hear variations of the same story from young people and their families/carers – because of their challenges and difficulties, they’ve been told they will probably never sit an exam, they are unlikely to achieve a qualification and that college, training or a job are therefore likely to be out of their reach.

However, year after year we see success after success achieved by the young people we support in our residential and day schools as well as our children’s homes. ?

We’re yet to see their final exam results – which excitingly are released next week – but we do know where our young people are off to having left a Kedleston provision and it’s good news all round.

It’s important to remember that success may take different forms, but the focus is always on the young person achieving a goal - or taking a step closer to achieving a goal.

As ever, the huge range of courses the young people will take as they continue their educational journey is a wide and varied as their individual interests. This year they include psychology, computer sciences, music performance and production, digital graphics, chemistry, physics, and politics.

For many of our young people, before coming to a Kedleston school, they felt that their futures were uncertain and that their options may be limited. The destination data shows otherwise.

The data shows that these are young people are resilient, willing and able to learn and able to overcome adversity. They can exceed expectations, and regularly do so. These are young people employers want to employ or train and that colleges and universities want to teach. These are young people who have worth, who are worth believing in and who have the potential for a bright future.?

We start from a position of high expectations for our young people - it is a key part of our values – and we wish each and every one of our leavers the very best for their future successes and achievements. We look forward to sharing more over the next couple of weeks!

New tab (kedlestongroup.com)