All of our students from year 7 to 11, use and access Skills Builder throughout their learning. Each subject area includes references to the 8 essential skills within their planning and delivery. Developing the essential Skills has become integral to our tutor program with tutors selecting and completing activities from our own 'Building Me' program, which combines the Skills Builder projects and skills with mental health & wellbeing. At Key Stage 4, students develop their awareness of the essential skills not only through their core subjects, but also whilst working towards their Duke of Edinburgh Awards and throughout any Careers related learning.

Each term each tutor group works on a combination of skills that support the Building Me project that they are working on. Throughout the year, every student has multiple opportunities to develop each of the skills. To reinforce the recognition and in celebration students are awarded stickers, which are put in to their work to record where and when that skill was used or witnessed. This provides consistent visible feedback. Tutors have a key role in the delivery of Skills Builder at Brook Green, as they often use their tutor times to discuss & share the separate skills and record their group's progression their using the Hub report, and through student's Skill Passports. Despite the varying needs within each group, progression is noticeable and evidenced through the 'Hub' reports. Teachers and Learning Assistants have also had training on how to use the Skills Builder platforms for their groups. Hub reports are also used to record and measure the effectiveness of some interventions and off site projects.

Each week all students have at least 2 Tutor time sessions in their timetables, which is allocated time to work on essential skills along side other tutor-based activities. Alongside our core curriculum offer, this year we also offered a 'Preparing for Adulthood' program, which focusses on life-skills. This program is aimed at students who may not be studying for external examinations, eg. GCSEs. We are looking to expand this further next year by further combining it with Talentino, Young Enterprise and a music project. This program will use the Hub and Unit Awards to record and show development. Staff are supported to share what they do, thus enabling Skills Builder to be incorporated into each subject area and their curriculum in the best ways possible for our students.

Throughout the year students have opportunities to apply their essential skills not only in their daily curriculum, but also as part of collapsed timetable days such as Numeracy Day, World Book Day, RE (Religious Education) Days, STEAM Days (Science Technology Engineering, Art and Math), activities completed during National Careers Week and during our end of school year Challenge week. Activities on offer range from orienteering, to baking, to entering the 'Spirited Arts' Competition, and participating in our 'You're Hired Scheme. This year we have started to link the employability skills with well being, as the two seem to be intrinsically linked. This has been done by expanding the Skills Builder projects to include a range of well being activities and awareness. Tutors work on this program during their tutor times.

All students have the opportunity to visit places of work or meet with employers. Where possible these encounters are tailored to the student's expressed interests in order to ensure that they are relevant. Students in years 9 and 10 also develop their core skills outside of the classroom as part of their Duke of Edinburgh awards. Work experience placements are completed by year 10 students and again in year 11. In order to be able to offer students the range of work experience placements required students complete placements at various times throughout the year and for bespoke amounts of time. Within our school setting, we have a small Cafe on Friday mornings where students use their Enterprise skills to make and sell coffee and ice-creams.