Skills Builder
Skills Builder Programme
Thornhill Academy is a Skills Builder Partnership school as we aim to equip our students not only with the very best qualifications, but with essential and transferable skills. We believe a good education includes the essential skills needed to support learners to lead fulfilling and productive lives.
The Skills Builder Universal Framework is the world’s leading tool for measuring and building essential skills. It breaks the 8 essential skills down into a sequence of steps, starting with absolute beginner through to mastery.
It's completely open source, and backed by years of research, developed with leading businesses, academics and educators.
Essential skills are highly transferrable, they support us to do any job, anywhere.
Those with stronger essential skills have been shown to enjoy greater life satisfaction and can earn up to 12% more than their peers.
We deliver our programme through assemblies, AM’PD, Guidance lessons. In addition, we take opportunities to apply and practice skills with workshops, visiting speakers, co-curricular activities and trips.
We track and reward students for demonstrating and improving their skills.
‘88% of parents say that a good education goes beyond exam results’.
Parentkind survey
Skills Builder recognises the vital role parents and carers have in helping their children to build their essential skills. Parents and carers can access the Skills Builder Homezone to support.
Research shows that building essential skills supports:
- Social and emotional wellbeing
- Learning and academic outcomes
- Careers and opportunities
