High - 14/15 - 18/19 year olds.
Middle - 10/11 - 15/16 year olds.
Younger Middle - 8/9 - 12/13 year olds.
Tuesdays - High:
Level 2 Art & Design GCSE - 2 year course (possible in 1 year for proficient learners with art, design and portfolio building experience).
or
Level 3 Art & Design A Level - 2 year course, with homework
The possible specialisms are:
• Art, Craft and Design
• Fine Art
• Graphic Communication
• Photography
• Textile Design
• Three-Dimensional Design
Tuesdays - High:
Crossfields Institute, Foundations for Learning and Life
Level 2 Integrative Education Award - 1 year course (one module)
Level 2 Integrative Education Certificate - 2 year course (three modules)
Level 3 Integrative Education Certificate
Each Level 2 module is equivalent to 1 GCSE
Each Level 3 module is equivalent to half an A Level
The possible modules are:
• Independent Project
• Creative thinking skills
• Personal & Social Learning Skills
• Natural Sciences
• Art, Craft & Design
• Global Awareness
• Movement
Tuesdays - High:
Da Vinci Life Skills Project - Personal Exploration Projects (PEPs) with internally assessed Da Vinci Qualifications (DVQs) 1yr project
Wednesdays - Middle:
Da Vinci Life Skills Projects with internally assessed Da Vinci Qualifications (DVQs) 18 week projects
Semester 1 - Food Project - World foods, contrasting and comparing recipes from different global cultures
Semester 2 - Enterprise Project - Designing an Instrument, exploring sound waves, frequencies and electronics
(Students can submit their DVQs to exam boards for external, age related project qualifications like FPQs, HPQs.)
Thursdays - Younger Middle:
Da Vinci Life Skills Projects with internally assessed Da Vinci Qualifications (DVQs) 18 week projects
Semester 1 - Enterprise Project - Designing house hold products using biomimicry
Semester 2 - Food Project - Designing and building a permaculture garden
Fridays - Younger Middle:
Da Vinci Life Skills Projects with internally assessed Da Vinci Qualifications (DVQs) 18 week projects
Semester 1 - Production Project - Designing an alien stop-frame animation film
Semester 2 - Multiverse Games Project - Introduction to board game design, making an extension or variant of an existing board game
Students can sign up for one to three days.
Fees must be paid upfront at the beginning of the semester.
Fees are non-refundable from a week before each semester starts.
New students can do two trial days (£52 each) before committing to the full semester.
Additional costs: There maybe some project costs for materials not supplied at the BE Hub, depending on what students are doing, such as art portfolios for exams or food (in food projects).
On days when students are not at the BE Hub, we encourage them to have tutors in other subjects such and Maths, English and Science and to take at least Maths and English GCSEs.
BE Hub students have a 20% discount on all NEC online exam courses, parents will need to pay NEC directly for online courses/support and the exam centres directly to sit exams.
As we work with the home ed community there is a regular movement of students. We are currently close to capacity, however we always welcome new students, even if it means that they join our waiting list.
Please contact us if you would like to come and visit the BE Hub or come for a trial day which are available in the first couple of weeks of each semester, from 10am - 4pm, costing £52 per student. Contact us and we will then send you our enrolment form.