New Starters

Cultural capital is defined as the accumulation of knowledge, behaviours, and skills that a student can draw upon and which demonstrates their cultural awareness, knowledge and competence;  it is one of the key ingredients a student will draw upon to be successful in society, their career and the world of work. At IncludEd Learning we work tirelessly to build our student aspirations and expose them to a range of experiences to helps them achieve goals and become successful.

We recognise that for students to aspire and be successful academically and in the wider areas of their lives, they need to be given rich and sustained opportunities to develop their cultural capital. We do this in many ways, for example, through our 

curriculum, extra-curricular activities, trips and visits and careers activities.

We recognise that there are six key areas of development that are interrelated and contribute to building a student’s cultural capital:

1. Personal Development
2. Social Development, including political and current affairs awareness
3. Physical Development
4. Spiritual Development
5. Moral Development
6. Cultural development

Careers and Information, advice and guidance provision; 

Personal Finance Education; 

Employability skills,  

Personal, Social and Health Education curriculum; 

The school’s wider pastoral framework; 

Transition support and induction; 

Work to develop confidence, interview skills, workshops; 

Activities focused on building self-esteem; 

Mental Health & well-being provision - Personalised Learning; 

Form Time curriculum; 

PHSEE curriculum; 

Form time curriculum; 

Charity work and fundraising activities; 

Student Voice; 

Managing Emotions Group; 

Healthy Schools; 

ECO programme; 

Access to counselling;

Physical Education curriculum; 

Manchester United Academy links and activities; 

Healthy Eating policies; 

Anti-bullying and safeguarding policies and strategies; 

The health, drugs, alcohol, smoking and  sex and relationships and elements of the PHSEE curriculum; Extra-curricular provision; 

Extra curricular activities available for unstructured time, including lunch and break times; 

Activity-based trips; 

Food preparation and nutrition curriculum; 

Religious Education/Ethics and Morals; 

Support for the expression of individual faiths; 

Celebration of individual faiths and beliefs;

School-linking activities – locally, nationally and internationally; 

The Religious Education/Ethics and Morals; 

Behaviour Management policies; 

Contributions to charitable projects; 

Contributions to the local community; 

Empathy and Respect;

Form time curriculum;  

Vocational learning programme; 

Unicef Rights Respecting Schools Award 

Access to the Arts; 

Access to cultures of other countries through the curriculum and trips and visits; 

Promotion of racial equality and community cohesion through the school’s ethos; 

Co-operative values; 

Form time curriculum;