Plumbing, bricklaying and painting and decorating will be added to the school curriculum at St Lukes Academy when children return back to the classroom.
The Cricklade Road school which already runs a carpentry course has appointed experienced tradesman Mr Peyton to develop the construction curriculum to include trades such as plumbing, electrical, bricklaying as well as painting & decorating.
“I’m really excited about taking up this new challenge.” said Mr Peyton.
The two year course is designed to follow the BTEC Level 1 Certificate in Construction and will allow students to develop skills as well as introducing them to the health and safety and welfare issues within construction industry.
Principal Judith Buckingham, who took charge of the school in December, commented our vision at St Lukes is very clear:
‘We are dedicated to enabling every student to be prepared for a successful adult life’ and our intention is to equip them with the skills they need to contribute positively to society.
‘We are always looking to develop our curriculum with this vision in mind and we want to ensure that our offer is innovative and always appropriate to our cohort.
‘Many of our students have expressed an interest in working in the building trade. The college courses that they go onto Post-16 are multi-skills based, so to make sure they are well prepared for this we have developed our Curriculum offer to begin building these skills.
We were delighted to appoint Mr Peyton who has worked in the Trade and has an extensive skills knowledge. Our students are excited to start learning the skills of: plumbing, bricklaying, tiling, painting, and decorating amongst a range of others.
Mr Peyton said “Our Trade Curriculum is designed to follow the BTEC Level 1 Certificate in Construction. The course is intended to be run over two years and will allow our students to develop skills such as carpentry, painting, decorating, plumbing and electrical, as well as introducing the health and safety and welfare issues in construction.
“We’ve already seen some exciting things happening and can’t wait to see some more!”
