The PMLD Curriculum follows the principles of Warren Schools Curriculum and the model of Equals Pre-formal Curriculum. Whilst we accept the reasons behind a broad and balanced curriculum, it must be appropriate to the needs of the children and young people at Warren School.   We recognise that children and young people with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) have unique abilities and ways of learning which we as a school need to harness and develop and adapt our own teaching to support them to thrive and develop into adulthood.

‘Our learners with PMLD are entitled to access a curriculum and assessment framework which is fit for purpose and meets their specific needs - there is little benefit or increase in entitlement if they are included in structures which fail to do this’. (Routes for Learning, Welsh Assembly Government, 2006)

Every child and young person we work with are on a very personal journey which we cannot set or predict the result of.  They will remain within a developmentally early stage of learning and any model of linear developmental progression will not do justice to the real progress and development that children and young people with PMLD make daily. Our pupils have significant barriers to leaning through their very complex needs which impact on their daily lives and thus require a high level of staffing and a significant number of inventions both medically and physically throughout their day. These interventions are of high importance to keep them safe, secure, healthy, and comfortable to be ready to learn and engage and must be encompassed within their personalised curriculum, which starts and ends with the individual at the core. Highly trained and familiar staff are vital to be able to interpret the smallest of changes in a child or young person’s manner, body language and gesture to enable engagement and support them on this journey to live their best possible life full of opportunities, experiences, and celebrate success.