Post-16 Education

MacIntyre No Limits™ vision: for all young people to gain the skills, experiences and independence they need to transition successfully into adult life

MacIntyre No Limits™ provides community-based bespoke education packages to young people aged 16-24 who have a variety of additional needs including learning disabilities, autism, ADHD, specific learning disabilities such as dyslexia, and social and emotional needs.

Working as sub-contractors to both mainstream and special needs Further Education (FE) colleges, No Limits is often the only education option available to young people due to the complex nature of their disabilities and the barriers to learning that arise from them.

Acting as a bridging service between school and adulthood, we aim to improve the independence skills of the young people we work with, regardless of their starting point. We set and work towards aspirational goals based on learners’ Education and Health Care Plans, taking into account their individual needs and destinations.

Learners at No Limits work to individual education timetables, working 1:1, 2:1 or 3:1 with highly-trained Community Teaching Facilitators (CTF) who develop and deliver challenging learning programmes built around the learner’s personal learning goals, hobbies and interests. The CTF teams are supported by Programme Managers and Co-ordinators who are responsible for setting, planning and assessing learners’ Individual Learning Plans.

In 2022, MacIntyre No Limits opened its doors to the most recent provision, in Bedfordshire.

Our Approach

The Curriculum

The MacIntyre No Limits curriculum aims to provide learners with the skills they need to develop into more independent adults, regardless of the level of independence they may have when they join us. Our new curriculum has been streamlined to make it more accessible for both staff and learners.

Four pathways

Alongside the curriculum, No Limits uses four pathways to help learners, staff, parents/carers, partner colleges, and other stakeholders, to understand the purpose and intended outcomes of each learner’s education programme. Learners are assigned to a pathway based on their EHCP and Baseline Assessment, but they are able to change pathways at any time if it becomes clear that a different one would be a better fit for them.

No Limits Curriculum and Pathways 'Heat Map'

Each of the four pathways covers most of the No Limits Curriculum, with different levels of emphasis depending on the learner’s needs. The table you can download here demonstrates how this can look.