Courses We Offer
Camden Pathways offers students a wide range of courses through different partners. We make sure there's something to interest every student – from boxing to business, from art and design to hair and beauty, and lots more.
Click on the tabs below to find out about each of our partners, and the courses you can apply for with them.
Footsteps Trust
Footsteps Trust offers a nurturing education environment to young people who have experienced difficulties in mainstream school or would benefit from a small education setting.
Class sizes are a maximum of 6 and students are supported by a learning mentor during lessons.
Parents / carers receive a weekly report to monitor progress.
Their aim is to provide you with a positive experience of education, support with personal development and access to sport and vocational opportunities. Footsteps will also provide you with a high level of support to make decisions about your next steps in education and training.
You can watch a video about Footsteps on the link here.
‘We turn around the lives of disengaged young people. We see their potential. We give them a second chance. We build successful futures. Our success is society’s success.’
Footsteps Curriculum offers:
• GCSEs in
• Business Studies
• Biology
• Maths
• English
• Religious Studies
• Art
• PE
• Additional GCSEs where appropriate
• Sports Leaders Awards, FA Level 1 Coaching Courses and First Aid courses
The sports curriculum consists of football, non-contact boxing, weight training, wrestling, martial arts, tennis, tabletennis, rugby, and athletics. External coaches support students to ensure optimal participation, progress and development.
Contact
The Footsteps Sports Academy
New River Sport and Fitness Centre
White Hart Lane
Wood Green
London N22 5QW
Tel 020 8881 4050
Principal: Chris Hall
chris.hall@footstepstrust.com
07838132091
How to get there
• Wood Green Station / White Hart Lane Overground
• W3 Bus
Quality
NLQAP Quality Assurance: Meets Required Standards
DfE registered: Yes
Ofsted rating: Good (2025)
‘We aim to ensure that our students access Post 16 places in education, training, apprenticeships, and employment. Above all, we want our students to be confident and know that they are able to do well in life.’
Capital City College Group
A good range of vocational courses, delivered by tutors and people with real industry experience.
They focus on achieving qualifications, improving behaviour and attendance, and preparing young people for further education or the world of work. The courses are designed to engage the interest of learners.
The KS4 offer is based across 3 college sites, and aims to:
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provide you with an alternative route to gain qualifications with an individualised programme suited to your needs.
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enhance your learning experience in a college environment with excellent facilities, to support you to gain qualifications which will lead to employment or further study
- ensure you are fully prepared with the right skills, knowledge and experience to succeed in the modern workplace.
Curriculum offer:
Capital City College, Holloway Centre
Choose from one of the following
- Level 1 BTEC Art & Design
- Level 1 City & Guilds Construction
Additional qualifications -
- Maths and English GCSE & Functional Skills
- Level 1 BTEC Intro to Business
- NOCN Level 1 Skills for Employment, Training & Personal Development
Capital City College, Tottenham Centre
Choose from one of the following
- Level 1 VTCT Hair & Beauty
- Level 1 C&G Construction Skills
- Level 1 Gateway Sport & Fitness
Additional Qualifications -
- Maths and English GCSE & Functional Skills
- Edexcel Digital Functional Skills
- NOCN Level 1 Skills for Employment, Training & Personal Development
Capital City College, Finsbury Park Centre
Vocational Qualification -
- Level 1 VTCT Hair & Beauty
Additional Qualifications -
- Maths and English GCSE & Functional Skills
- Level 1 BTEC Intro to Business
- NOCN Level 1 Skills for Employment, Training & Personal Development
Contact:
Shaheena Khatri – KS4 Business Manager
Westside School
We provide our pupils with an engaging, challenging and rewarding education.
Whilst every one of our pupils is an individual with their own specific interests and needs, what links them all is their potential to achieve well and lead happy, successful adult lives.
We seek to provide pupils with the same breadth of opportunities both inside and outside the classroom as any mainstream school.
All our teachers hold qualified teacher status and every effort is made to offer a wide range of subjects.
Uniform
Black Trousers or Skirt, Black School Blazer, White Collared Shirt, Grey School Tie with Westside Logo (Provided by the school), Black Leather School Shoes
Our aims:
- To offer a broad curriculum of academic and vocational subjects enhanced by educational visits, external speakers and partnerships with local schools and community groups;
- To create a bespoke plan for each pupil so that any gaps in their education can be addressed and they can continue the GCSE courses they have already begun;
- To keep classes to eight pupils or fewer and with two members of staff
- To encourage families to be active partners in their children’s education;
- To nurture key life skills such as confidence, self-esteem and ambition as well as the ability to co-operate, listen and interact positively with peers.
Curriculum offer:
GCSE: English Language, Math, Biology, Sociology, Religious Studies, Art
Vocational Subjects: Hair & Beauty, BTEC Business Enterprise & NCFE Mental Health Awareness Level 2
Extracurricular clubs: Cookery, Art, Non-contact boxing, Basketball, E-sports
Therapeutic interventions: Speech and Language, Music Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Psychology
Contact
Headteacher: Pani Matsangos
Westside School
Galena House, 8-30 Galena Road, Hammersmith, W6 0LT
020 7504 0512office@westsideschool.org.ukWestside School website
Transport
Tube: Hammersmith & City, Piccadilly or District Line to Hammersmith or District line to Ravenscourt Park
Quality
NLQAP Quality Assurance:
DfE registered: Yes
Ofsted rating: Outstanding (2025)
The Boxing Academy
The Boxing Academy offers high quality education and development to the most hard-to-reach young people, realised through the discipline and ethos of boxing.
Our unique model offers intense mentoring and support for young people, placing them in a class of 8 students with a dedicated boxer who acts as mentor, teacher support and coach throughout their stay with us.
For young people who have had a negative and unsuccessful time in mainstream, especially those who have anger or aggression issues, this is a fresh start and an opportunity to complete their GCSEs and gain a place in further education.
The ethos reflects our origins, that of a boxing gym: a small, comfortable and familial environment with clear boundaries, a system of rewards and sanctions and an emphasis on discipline, achievement and hard work.
Students do not need to have boxed to attend the Boxing Academy. In fact, most of them haven’t.
The daily boxing training helps with concentration, fitness and self-esteem but they do not compete.
We use daily Boxing training to provide a skill-based intervention which successfully improves the wellbeing, academic success, resilience and life opportunities for young people.
Curriculum offer:
GCSEs
English
Maths
Biology
Art
PE
Functional Skills Maths and English
Contact
Principal – Anna Cain
The Boxing Academy, Buchanan House, 220 Brooke Road, London, E5 8AU
adminoffice@theboxingacademy.co.ukThe Boxing Academy website
Transport
Overground: Hackney Central, Rectory Road, Clapton
Quality
NLQAP Quality Assurance: Meets Required Standards
DfE registered: Yes
Ofsted rating: Outstanding (2025)
The Avalon Project
We believe in a person-centred approach to learning in small classes with high tutor to student ratios.
Our classes are taught by experienced, professionals who create and deliver dynamic hands on lessons that are practical and designed to meet the needs of all of our young people. By working with small groups, we are able to provide the appropriate level of support and wraparound care so our learners can thrive.
Curriculum offer
The Avalon Project is a part time vocational offer of 2 days per week.
Young people are educated in school for their core subjects.
BTEC level one diploma in Engineering
The course covers a wide range of engineering sectors, including mechanical maintenance and repair, welding and metal fabrication, electrical installation, design and making products.
BTEC level one diploma in Construction
This course covers a wide range of construction sectors, the course covers carpentry, electrics, plumbing, painting and decorating, and brickwork
As part of both courses, young people participate in dirt-biking every half term. Biking days are carefully paced to stretch the technical abilities whilst being physical demanding and fun.
The sessions are designed to build resilience, encourage team-working, improve confidence and keep everyone motivated on their studies.
Contact
The Avalon Project
1a Churchway
London, NW1 1LJ
https:avalonproject.co.uk/Transport
Euston Station – Overground & Underground
Bus: 168 & 253
Quality
NLQAP Quality Assurance - Meets required standards
DfE registered: No – part time provision - Managed by Camden Council, Education Department, Particiaption and Progression
