We believe all children and young people, including those in alternative provision settings, deserve a high-quality education and the chance to fulfil their potential.
Alternative Providers can offer high quality off-site tutoring or intervention services to meet children and young people’s varied and complex needs. Schools can use alternative provision to prevent exclusions or re-engage pupils in their education, whether this is a return to mainstream school, specialist provider or post-16 provision.
Definition of Alternative Provision
For census purposes, the Department for Education define Alternative Provision as full or part-time education arranged by:
- local authorities, either directly or working with schools, for pupils who, because of permanent exclusion, illness or other reasons, would not otherwise receive suitable education
- schools for pupils to improve their behaviour off-site, or during a suspension
Alternative Provision settings provide education for pupils who do not attend a mainstream school or special school full time. The education often takes place at a Pupil Referral Unit, Alternative Provision Academy or free school, but placements can also be arranged in another mainstream school, independent school or in an educational setting that is not registered with the Department for Education.
Quality Assurance
The City of Wolverhampton Council’s Commissioning team undertake quality assurance audits which typically take place initially via a visit to observe sessions in progress followed by an audit of documentary evidence such as polices and reports. These are scored against eighteen quality standards which include:
- Assessment & Understanding
- Engagement & Relationship Building
- Attainment & Progress
- Longer Term Opportunities
The quality assurance audits identify strengths and any areas of further development. These are reviewed on an annual basis. The City of Wolverhampton Council is not responsible for updates/changes which have taken place since the creation of this directory. The directory will be updated annually ready for the new school academic year in September.
It is important to note that this directory is not a City of Wolverhampton Council ‘approved list’. These are our current providers who have registered on our Alternative Provision Flexible Framework or have been quality assured by the City of Wolverhampton Council. The responsibility for carrying out appropriate checks and reviews lie with the commissioning schools.
Please see the three tabs below that show current Alternative Providers who are Registered with OFSTED, Unregistered with OFSTED, or are a Tutoring Service.
Blackwater Academy is an independent school for pupils from ages 11 to 18. While Blackwater Academy is an Alternative Provision Free School the academy recognises that there is a need to ensure that our curriculum is inclusive and accessible, providing opportunities for all students to succeed. Moreover, we recognise the need to offer the type of provision that allows some students to achieve their potential outside of what is accessible at Blackwater Academy.
To facilitate this individual learning pathway, Blackwater Academy works with different local providers to help students who have struggled to reach their potential in the academy environment to succeed.
- Address: 14 Riverside Drive, Stechford, Birmingham, B33 9BF and Horseley Road, Tipton, DY4 7NB
- Area covered: West Midlands
- Key Stages: KS3 and KS4
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Curriculum subjects: English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Science, Religious Studies, History, Geography, SDP/PSHE, PE. Enrichment Activities: Y10/Y11 - vocational placement course for up to 1/2 days a week. Construction/Motor Vehicle/ Food/Childcare/Public Services.
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: Yes - Apr ‘22 - ‘Good’
- QA’d by CWC: Yes - Jan ‘24 - 'Good'
EDClass is a Department for Education accredited provider of online education that helps break barriers to learning. The platform is used by many schools and academies as a trusted online alternative provision that promotes personal development, so children are well-prepared for adulthood. EDClass is an online education provider that offers a virtual learning classroom and management portal with resources to impact learning, assessment, and catch-up. We have been providing a robust and safeguarded platform since 2008 delivering personalised learning for online, blended, and flexible learning with UK-qualified teachers available, live, and on-demand. EDClass accommodates all types of learners including SEND students and those struggling to acquire an EHCP. Schools can drastically reduce their workload and time spent searching for solutions for their students who require support as EDClass can help quickly and efficiently.
Our curriculum aims:
- To provide a broad, balanced, digital and innovative curriculum that works in partnership with our schools, learners, clients, awarding organisations, and staff to help enhance their skills, knowledge and performance.
- To be tailored to individual needs, ensuring flexibility and responding to change and circumstances where necessary.
- To offer appropriate career information with relevant and up-to-date advice and guidance regarding careers, work skills, choices, and employability
- To match our learning pathways, lessons sets and lessons (live, recorded, presentations, video clips or eLearning lessons) in line to the schools / Multi Academy Trust curriculum and schemes of work that all students have a sequenced and flexible curriculum
- To promote students spiritual, moral and social understanding by a varied Curriculum
- To support and encourage healthy lifestyles
- To provide students with the knowledge and skills required to keep themselves safe at school and in the wider world.
- Address:
- Registered Address: EDClass Limited, Aston House, Dinnington, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S25 3QD
- Office Address: Aston House, Dinnington, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S25 3QD
- Area covered: Online Services
- Key Stages: KS3 and KS4
- Courses/Qualifications offered: English, Maths, Science, Teaching and Support. Careers (Employability and Work Skills), Physical Education, Behaviour and PSHE. Work Skills, British Values, Internet Safety and Prevent. Gun and Knife Crime, Construction, Home Cooking and French. Functional Skills for English and Maths.
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- 01909 568 338
- Website
- Email:
- Enquiries: enquiries@edclass.com
- Admissions: admissions@edclass.com
- Day to day leadership of the training: danielle@edclass.com
- OFSTED Registered: Yes. EDClass meets all the minimum standards for online education. April 24’ URN 150541
- QA’d by CWC: No
Evergreen PRU is a short stay school offering full time provision for primary age children in Wolverhampton, who are disengaged with learning and struggling to function successfully in their class setting and are at risk of exclusion, or who have been permanently excluded.
The PRU prides itself on its positive, nurturing ethos in which the educational and pastoral care of its children is of paramount importance. It is a happy, friendly, caring environment that has high expectations of children’s behaviour and where children are encouraged to reflect upon their attitude to the learning environment.
- Address: Valley Park Campus, Cromer Gardens, Wolverhampton, WV6 0UA
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS1 and KS2
- Courses/Qualifications offered: See Evergreen website for full details about the curriculum offer https://www.evergreenacademy.org.uk/Curriculum/
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: Yes - Jul ‘19 - ‘Good’
- QA’d by CWC: Yes - Jun ‘23’ - ‘Outstanding’
Impact Independent School are a FT alternative provision for pupils aged 11-16 who would benefit from a placement away from their mainstream setting. Impact is an inclusive school providing opportunities to all. Students make good progress, as our GCSE results reflect year after year.
We educate the Impact student in more ways than academically; we also place great emphasis on the pastoral and behaviour achievement of the student.
The academic ambitious student will find support here to grow and evolve as a person, whilst also achieving in their studies. Our collective aim is for students at Impact to leave here with the right skills to enter mainstream post 16 education, training or employment and also mainstream society.
- Address: 240 Halesowen Road, Cradley Heath, West Midlands, B64 6JA and 102-104 Birmingham Road, Dudley, DY1 4RF
- Area covered: West Midlands
- Key Stages: KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: All students receive a broad and balanced curriculum at KS3 by offering a wide range of academic subjects and those to support social, emotional and behaviour needs. RSE and PSHE are delivered through weekly timetabled sessions, as well as ongoing SMSC education across all subjects. We offer our KS4 students two different pathways: GCSE Pathway and Vocational Pathway. All students receive a broad curriculum offer with a wide range of GCSE subjects and equivalent vocational qualifications.
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details
- OFSTED Registered: Yes - Mar ‘23 - ‘Good’
- QA’d by CWC: Yes - Oct ‘23 - ‘Good’
Nova was established as a private training provider in September 1992 and operates a number of youth and adult training programmes across all four Black Country Local Authorities. Nova offers full time provision, and our focus has remained on supporting young people aged 14-24 in our Apprenticeship programmes which sees us delivering education further afield as we support a number of national employers. In addition, our programme delivery now includes: 16-18 study programmes, pre-apprenticeships, provision for learners with high needs, apprenticeships and 14-16 alternative provision.
- Address: Nova Training (Head Office), 3 Lower Lichfield Street, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV13 1PX
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS3, KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Our 14-16 provision is available in the following subjects: Motor Vehicle, Construction, Hospitality, Business Administration, Retail, Customer Service, Maths, English and ICT Functional Skills, GCSE resits in English & Maths, Study Programme (Construction & Motor Vehicle Training), Apprenticeship Training, High Needs Local Offer (Travel Training, Employability Skills, Community Projects, Work Experience, Money Management, Preparing for Independent Living), Supported Internship.
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: Yes - June ‘22 - ‘Good’
- QA’d by CWC: Yes - Nov ‘23 - ‘Good’
Orion Training & Development Ltd is an educational provider specialising in supporting young people unable to engage in mainstream education, We are committed to ensuring that each young person has an educational experience that will enable them to achieve their full potential.
Providing FT alternative provision for 14-18 year olds with courses available and no entry requirements.
- Location: 1-39 Western Rd Winson Green Birmingham , B18 7QH
- Areas Covered: West Midlands
- Key Stages: Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Curriculum subjects including: English, Mathematics, Combined Science (Chemistry, Biology & Physics), Citizenship, Personal Social Health Education, History, Physical Education, Art, Information Technology, Motor Vehicle Service and Engineering.
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact Details:
- QA’d by CWC: No
- OFSTED Registered: Yes - July 2023 - ‘Good’
Ormiston SWB Academy (Alternative Provision) is a dedicated AP attached to Ormiston SWB Academy, which formally opened in 2021. Up to 30 young people (made up of both OAT and external LA pupils) can be accommodated full-time.
- Address: Dudley Street, Bilston, WV14 0LN
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS3, KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Core curriculum (KS3/KS4/KS5)
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: Yes - Nov ‘21 - ‘Good’
- QA’d by CWC: Yes - Jan ‘24 - ‘Outstanding’
Progress School is a nationally based, alternative education provider with numerous independent secondary schools located throughout England. We provide high-quality, supportive, and inspirational teaching to young people at Key Stages 3 and 4, on a full-time bases. Our bespoke approach to alternative provision supports our students to either return to mainstream education or progress into a positive destination when leaving us in Year 11.
- Address: The Way Youth Zone, School Street, Wolverhampton WV3 0NR
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS3 & KS4
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Three step (Build/Grow/Launch) pathway for subjects including: English, Maths, Science, PE, Reading, Expressive & Creative Arts, My Body, My Future, My Relationships, My World, My Safety, My Wellbeing, Enterprise, Current Affairs.
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: Yes - Jan 2024 - ‘Good’
- QA’d by CWC: Grading was ‘Outstanding’ October 2024
At Sophia High, the future of learning has arrived - a flexible digital model that holistically nurtures the next generation of global citizens. By fusing academic excellence with innovation, we ignite the next wave of education to embrace what students need to lead in the 21st century. As one of the leading British Schools online to celebrate the Sustainable Development Goals as the bedrock of our curriculum, we drive change in our model of online delivery and help to foster the development of the leaders of tomorrow.
At Sophia High, we deliver a fully interactive and immersive digital education. Anytime. Anywhere. Our leading digital campus delivers the best in British Education for students between the ages of 4 to 16. We believe in the power of collaboration and invite you to join our worldwide community of learners. The Future of Education will only be built if great teams work together. That’s why we actively seek partnerships with like-minded organisations who share our vision for more flexible, empowering education.
Sophia High offers a unique hybrid learning model blending online and in-person education. We can work with your school or organisation to:
- Provide a flexible learning option for students who need alternatives to traditional schooling. This allows students to take some courses online through Sophia High while remaining enrolled in your school.
- Offer individual courses and curriculum to supplement your programs. Sophia High as a team of highly experienced qualified teachers across diverse, subject shortage subjects.
- Facilitate homeschool partnerships. We can provide the online courses while you offer extracurriculars, social events, and resources to homeschooling families.
- Deliver professional development for teachers. Our instructors can share best practices for online and blended learning models.
Partnering with Sophia High allows your students to access world-class curriculum and highly qualified teachers online, while retaining the benefits of your local community.
- Address: The Engine Room, Battersea Power Station, 18 Power Station Road, London, SW11 8BZ
- Area Covered: West Midlands
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Functional Skills (English, Maths and Science), IGCSE’s, A’ Levels, Coming soon Gaming Innovators Academy in partnership with UAE gaming powerhouse True Gamers.
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: Yes '20 Sept 2023' 'meets all the minimum standards for online education'
- QA’d by CWC: No
Sporting Stars Academy is a FT provision committed to providing students with a diverse education in a safe and supportive environment that promotes respect, motivation, and excellence in learning for today and the future.
We foster a collaborative working ethos; inviting parents, schools, and the wider community to join us in assisting our students in their journey towards independence and success.
Students at Sporting Stars typically fall into three categories, those with EHCPs for SEMH, students who have experience barriers to learning in a mainstream or a special school and students that are looked after. As a result, all students at Sporting Stars have had significant disruption to their learning and have typically been to several schools and provisions before joining us.
- Location: Sporting Stars Academy, Field Ave, Baddeley Green, Stoke on Trent, ST2 7AS
- Areas Covered: Staffordshire and West Midlands
- Key Stages: KS3, KS4 & Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Curriculum Pathway including:
- Functional Level English and Maths
- GCSE – English, Maths, Art, RE, Literature & Photography
- PRSHE BTEC – Sport, Double Science, L1 Construction & Motor Vehicles, Humanities
- Post 16 Nurture
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- QA’d by CWC: No
- OFSTED Registered: Yes - Oct ‘23 - ‘Requires Improvement’
- Contact Details:
The Orchard Centre is a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) that offers a full-time provision for young people in Key Stage 3 and 4 who require Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) support including those with a diagnosis of autism. They also welcome referrals for young people with medical needs resulting in them having difficulties in accessing mainstream education.
The centre endeavours to improve life chances of every young person who they work with by providing a holistic approach to teaching and learning and celebrating success. This is delivered through classroom teaching, personalised learning and meaningful interventions enabling every young person the opportunity to reach the success that they deserve. Well qualified staff provide a caring and nurturing environment to motivate, support and guide young people. Learners have access to a broad and balanced curriculum, which is reviewed and modified to respond to young people’s needs. Support is provided by specialist teachers and teaching assistants, Lawnswood Integrated Therapy Service, and other agencies such as CAMHS and Wolverhampton Connexions.
- Address: The Orchard Centre, Lawnswood Campus, Lawnswood Avenue, Parkfields, Wolverhampton, WV4 6SR
- Courses/Qualifications offered: See Orchard Centre’s website for full details about the curriculum offer
Quality of Education | The Orchard Centre (lawnswood.org.uk) - Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: Yes - Jun ‘23 - ‘Good’
- QA’d by CWC: No
WV2 offers full time provision and provides an education which places importance on the development of the whole child, academically, intellectually, physically, emotionally, and socially. We promote a calm and safe supportive environment where each person is valued. We provide a safe welcoming environment which is underpinned by excellent pastoral care supporting each pupil to be happy. We understand that although mainstream schools may have an excellent approach to educating students who have SEN, some students will struggle in mainstream. Our school offers all students the chance to thrive in classes that have no more than four students. Staff at WV2 Education foster a holistic approach to a pupil’s journey, which includes working as a team, not only with each other but also with external agencies and professionals that share their goal of helping all students to reach their potential.
- Location: 74 New Road, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV13 2DA
- Areas Covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS3 and KS4
- Courses/Qualifications offered: TBC
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact Details:
- QA’d by CWC: Yes Oct ‘22 ‘Good’
- OFSTED Registered: Yes ISI Mar ‘23 Met all ISI standards.
Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre offers a full time provision and provides a unique learning environment to young adults, aged 16-18 with Special Educational Needs. Students are taught in an open, contextual, and active environment to keep them engaged, giving them the optimum learning environment for their needs.
WVTC aims to offer students with Special Educational Needs the chance to gain vital employability skills by providing practical, personally tailored flexible courses within a unique learning environment.
Our aim is to ensure all students who leave our care are supported to make a positive contribution to society by gaining employment and living their lives as independently as possible.
- Address: WVTC, Millfield’s Road, Ettingshall, Wolverhampton, WV4 6JP
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: English & Maths, Employability skills (looking for jobs, writing CV’s and developing their interview skills), Vocational options including Entry Level to Level 2 in Animal Care, Car Valeting, Childcare, Construction Skills (including Bricklaying, Carpentry and Painting & Decorating), Hair and Beauty, Health and Social Care, Horticulture, Hospitality and Catering, ICT, Motor Vehicle & Cycle Maintenance and PE & Sports Leadership, Work Experience Placements.
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: Yes - Jun ‘18 - ‘Good’
- QA’d by CWC: Yes - Nov ‘23 - ‘Good’
At Ascend we are passionate about Education and Training, and about contributing to creating a skilful workforce and developing competent learners for an ever changing workforce.
Our team consists of teachers, internal verifiers, assessors, and practitioners in both the healthcare and the early years sector; with 25 years’ experience.
Blended Learning is a move from traditional online learning, creating a new model, constructed with the same flexibility, accessibility, and personalisation as online learning.
- Address: 216 Great Bridge Street, West Bromwich, B70 0DE
- Area covered: Online learning & classroom based (West Bromwich).
- Key Stages: Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: L2 Certificate - Introduction to Early Years Education & Care. L3 Diploma - Early Years Workforce. L2/L3 Certificates - Supporting Teaching & Learning in Schools. NCFE Functional Skills Qualification in English (L2, L3) and Maths (L2, L3) Information, Advice and Guidance (L2, L3) Education and Training (L3, L4, L5) Assessment & Quality Assurance (L3, L4). Short Courses.
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: October 2024 (Outstanding)
Bespoke Training & Education offers therapeutic and educational support for children and adults to help alleviate stress, anxiety and to develop confidence, resilience, co-operative learning, and communication skills. Working on their own or in a small group, young people benefit from activities including, working with nature, looking after our animals, improving our orchard, allotment, and hedgerows, and developing skills in our woodland.
- Address: The Hollies Smallholding, Hollies Common, Gnosall, Staffordshire, ST20 9JD
- Area covered: Wolverhampton, Walsall and within a smallholding in rural Staffordshire
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Accredited Courses through Open College Network and 1st4Sport. These include: Animal Management courses (Entry – L3), Equine management, Sports Coaching, Fitness and Personal Training, Horticulture, Employability Skills, Mentoring and Coaching, Hospitality and Catering, Business and Admin, Skills for Life and Personal Development. Specific programmes inc recognised qualifications in Maths, English, and Science.
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: November 2024 (Outstanding).
Breathing Space Therapeutic Services is a community interest company offering various therapeutic interventions to children and young people within the Black Country and Staffordshire boroughs.
Breathing Space offers alternative provision for young people in a safe environment in which to explore the obstacles that are preventing them from fully engaging in education and progress onto their preferred pathway.
- Address: Baggeridge Country Park, Gospel End Road, Sedgley, DY3 4HB
- Area covered: Black Country/Staffordshire Borough, Baggeridge Country Park
- Key Stages: KS3 and KS4
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Asdan Award (Animal Care). Split into seven activity-based modules including: Animal investigation, Safety around animals, Looking after animals, Animals in trouble, Animals in the media, Animals and the law, Careers in working with animals.
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: Yes - Nov ‘22 - Outstanding
The Brightstar Futures Programme is a part time AP provision using boxing, education and mentoring to help young people who are struggling in school to thrive. Brightstar are dedicated to driving achievement and positive behaviour change to every young person referred to us.
We work with small groups of 8-10 and have two support staff with each group who from their own lived experience use a trauma informed approach to see changes. We have found boxing to have a huge impact on regulating emotions as well as showing young people they can thrive. The programme combines education (functional skills) with practice-based qualifications, including First Aid, Boxing Leaders, Sport and Fitness and Mental Health Awareness qualifications. Mentoring looks at a cognitive behaviour approach, including thoughts, feelings and behaviours, control, relationships, dealing with conflict, role models, goals setting and values.
We believe communication is key between school, the young person and their parents and we produce weekly reports and are developing our own communication software.
- Address: 39-41 High Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton, WV14 0EP
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS3 and KS4
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Functional Skills (English & Maths), Boxing Bronze, Silver, Gold awards, Mentoring Programme (1, 2 & 3), First Aid Qualification, Boxing Leaders Qualification, Sport & Fitness Qualification, Mental Health Awareness Qualification.
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: Yes, graded as ‘Good’ October 2024
Community Footprints have been established since 2012. Our Aim is to work with children and families who have a range of needs. We are a part - time alternative provision for education. Our vision is to work with the hard-to-reach children, to make positive steps to change the future. We will support our learners to achieve qualifications and provide them with life skills, which will enable them to make positive choices throughout their personal and academic life.
- Address: 28 New Forest Rd, Walsall WS3 1TR
- Area covered:
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Functional skills Maths, English and ICT (delivered into Cooking, Childcare, Gardening and Virtual Sports), EL3 / Level 1 Essential Digital Skills, Level 1/2 Childcare, Level 1/2 Health & Social Care, Level 1, 2 and 3 Hairdressing, Level 1, 2 and 3 Beauty Therapy, Basic Cooking Skills, Independent Living Skills, We also work with SEN schools offering specialised courses in Hair, Beauty, craft and Massage Therapy, Mentoring.
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
Dragon Group is an Education provider and Employment Support organisation that is funded through the ESFA and by numerous local authorities in providing Alternative Education Provision for KS3 and KS4.
Tutoring is offered in a bespoke learning environment where children and young people are encouraged to achieve their full academic potential. It is also a place where they can develop a genuine love for learning gain confidence and positive approach towards their exams.
Dragon Group offers a range of study programmes for 16-19 year olds seeking the next stage of their educational and professional development.
Each study programme offers a unique way to learn, breaking away from the familiar school environment, providing a hands-on, career focussed workplace learning experience like no other.
- Address: Europa Business Park, Bird Hall Lane, Cheadle Heath, Stockport SK3 0XA
- Area covered: UK
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Functional skills Maths & English. GCSE subjects. Vocational Offer including: Construction skills, Digital Skills, Football, Hair & Beauty, Life Skills, Sport, PHSE, IAG.
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- Tel: 0161 8210073
- Email: info@dragongroupltd.com
- www.dragongroupltd.com
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
Edit Education is a newly established Alternative Education Provider offering a unique curriculum for young people in the Black Country. We specialise in creative, practical, and vocational subjects with student outcomes at the heart of what we do. Our aim is to teach students how to take risks and become more resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable. We are committed to helping our students achieve their goals and progress into good outcomes, be that work, further education, enterprise, or training. We use practical projects to build up students' creativity, problem solving, planning, and evaluation skills. Many projects are done via group work, so students also gain communication and teamwork skills. We believe that learning should be engaging, interactive, and fun. Our schemes of work are designed to be hands-on and tailored to the needs of each individual student. Our small team of dedicated and highly qualified staff will help minimise the significant barriers to learning that students with SEMH, SLCN, and SPLD experience. At Edit Education we encourage perseverance to build confidence and give our students a second chance to redo their educational journey.
- Address: Edit Education, Unit 2, BizSpace, Planetary Road, Willenhall, WV13 3SW
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS3 and KS4
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Design Technology, Art, Computer Aided Design, Construction, Motor Vehicles, PHSE, Architectural model Scheme of work, Cereal box Scheme of work
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: December 2024 (Outstanding)
Fresh Start in Education are the UK’s specialists when it comes to providing interim support to young people who are having difficulty accessing education.
For over 10 years we have been working with children and young people of all ages, with or without an EHCP, providing support in the home or local community.
With a 94% success rate for reintegration, we are confident that with the right assistance, every young person can be supported to reach their potential.
Our engagement and education packages are bespoke, tailored to the needs of each individual student.
Whether you have a young person who is 5, 15 or 25, we can get them back on the path to success.
- Address: Registered office: 2nd Floor 32-33 Watling Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2AN
- Area covered: National
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: GCSE subjects, Careers, Employability and Independence Programme, Y11 PEP Support, Coaching for schools
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: -
- QA’d by CWC: No
Helix Education Hub is a part time Alternative Provision for children aged 5 to 16, welcoming referrals from both schools and local authorities. We support children with diverse needs, including those facing emotional and mental health challenges that make accessing traditional education difficult.
Helix Education is dedicated to providing a safe, supportive, and inclusive learning environment where every young person can thrive. We work closely with each student, their families and schools to identify the barriers impacting their learning journey, developing personalized strategies to help them overcome these challenges and unlock their full potential.
At the heart of our approach is a commitment to nurturing resilience, self-belief, and a sense of belonging in every child. Through positive relationships with trusted adults, we create a foundation where students feel valued, understood, and motivated to achieve. Guided by trauma-informed practices, we are sensitive to each student’s unique experiences and respond with compassion, care, and respect.
Our bespoke and innovative curriculum is designed to be accessible and engaging for all, adapting to meet the individual needs and strengths of each learner. We believe that success is possible for every child, and our provision ensures they have the support, resources, and encouragement to achieve it.
In addition to our direct support for children, our hybrid support package offers schools and their staff a comprehensive approach to understanding and implementing positive strategies for managing challenging behaviour, particularly with neurodivergent students. By combining on-site training sessions with remote support, we help educators build a strong foundation in recognising the unique needs of neurodivergent individuals. Our program emphasises the importance of empathy and proactive strategies, equipping school teams with practical tools to create inclusive environments that foster positive interactions and growth. Through this tailored approach, schools can effectively support both student well-being and staff confidence in handling complex behaviours.
- Address: 30 King Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1ST
- Area covered: West Midlands
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Our Thematic Curriculum Approach promotes high-quality learning through engaging topics that integrate various subjects, building a greater depth of understanding. The curriculum is carefully sequenced to ensure a clear progression in key knowledge, understanding, and success skills, preparing children effectively for the next stage of their education. Qualifications (dependent upon placement length): Entry Levels: English (EL 1-3), Maths (EL 1-3), Digital Skills (EL 3). Functional Skills: English (Level 1-2), Maths (Level 1-2), Digital Skills (L 1).
BTEC: Personal Growth & Wellbeing (L 1). ASDAN Courses: Moving On, Accelerating Progress, Lifeskills Challenge, Lift Off, Key Steps, Employability Skills Development, Focus, Raising Aspirations, Short Course (multiple titles). - Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the Provider
- Contact details:
- Tel: 07383 578459
- Email: info@helixeducationhub.org.uk
- Website
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: December 2024 (Outstanding)
Horizon Care and Education Group provides children’s homes, specialist education and supported accommodation across England, with the aim of supporting young people to flourish and thrive regardless of the challenges they have faced.
Since operations began in 2007, Horizon has grown to a team of more than 1,000 colleagues who work tirelessly to offer the best services and support for children and young people within our care. From our teaching staff to our residential workers; our psychologists through to our administrative functions – diversity is a strength, and we celebrate the differences amongst our colleagues and the wide breadth of personal experience and skills that it brings.
Horizon supports more than 800 children and young people throughout our different settings – each carefully designed with a therapeutic approach to support the delivery of high quality care, support and education.
Our unique SHINE (Supporting Healing In Nurturing Environments) Therapeutic Model allows our colleagues to practice using psychologically informed, and trauma-responsive approaches to care, support, and education.
SHINE brings together current research and best practices for supporting young people who may have experienced trauma and adversity.
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP), developed by Psychologist Dr Dan Hughesan, underpins our SHINE Therapeutic Model. DDP is an evidence-based, attachment-focused approach that helps professionals understand, work together, and effectively support young people to build positive relationships. This is key to building trust and safe therapeutic environments for young people to achieve social, emotional, and academic success.
Our therapists and psychologists across our homes, schools, and supported accommodation services draw from current neuropsychological evidence, notably the work of Bruce Perry, Daniel Siegel, and Bessel van der Kolk to clinically problem-solve and identify areas of support required to meet the needs of young people.
- Address: Venture House, 12 Prospect Park, Longford Road, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 0LG
- Area covered: TBC
- Key Stages: TBC
- Courses/Qualifications offered: The curriculum offered within our schools is meticulously designed to develop a community of lifelong learners who are empowered to thrive, contribute, and lead in our diverse local and national communities. Rooted in the values of the Horizon Group, our curriculum is child-centred, inclusive, and prioritises the holistic well-being of every learner. We hold our students to high standards, offering both challenge and support to encourage them to reach their full potential. Our goal is to inspire and motivate every student to set ambitious goals and achieve their very best. Our curriculum is a dynamic blend of knowledge, infused with key concepts, attributes, and skills tailored to each learner's personal, social, and academic development. By enhancing life chances and opening doors to opportunities, we prepare students for success beyond the classroom. Maintaining an active and positive partnership with parents and carers is integral to our approach. We keep families informed about the curriculum, enabling them to actively contribute to their children's learning journey throughout their time at Horizon. Additionally, we are committed to supporting the ongoing professional development of our teaching staff through our Emerging Leader and Manager Upskilling Programme. By providing resources, training, and guidance, we ensure that our teaching professionals are equipped to deliver an enriching and impactful educational experience. Above all, our curriculum reflects our unwavering commitment to excellence. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of educational quality and continuously seek out innovative approaches and best practices to enhance student learning outcomes. Through ongoing assessment, reflection, and collaboration, we strive to continuously improve our curriculum to ensure that it remains responsive to the evolving needs of our students and the broader community.
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the Provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: -
- QA’d by CWC: No
HugglePets in the Community provide animal assisted therapy and interventions for people who live with a mental health problem or special educational need.
Animal Assisted Activities are wellbeing sessions with animals, delivered by a Mental Health First Aider for Children and Young People. These sessions are primarily based in the Sensory Activity Centre and Community Aquarium at the HugglePets Centre but can be delivered in schools where necessary.
The sessions are targeted at children and young people with special educational needs and/or children under the age of 7.
The 6 week animal assisted activities programme is designed to help CYP to improve their wellbeing through activities and tasks, utilising animals. This will include: Understanding the basic range of emotions and feelings; understanding their feelings and how to overcome difficulties; recognising the impact of their behaviour/choices and increasing their self-awareness.
- Address: HugglePets, Cooper Street, Wolverhampton, WV2 2JL
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: The 6 week programme meet elements of the RSE Curriculum and EYFS with regards to Mental Health and Relationships. Please ask a member of staff for more details.
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- Tel: 01902 494860
- community@hugglepets.co.uk
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
I-C-E, Inclusive Curriculum Education, specialise in working with Pre-Exclusion students aged 11-16 to help address their behaviours and other potential barriers to learning. We offer young people valuable time away from school to reflect and refocus whilst continuing their academic progress in order for them to successfully reintegrate and maintain their mainstream placement.
We are an Alternative Provision here to support young people, Schools and Academies, offering an additional layer of support to reduce suspensions and permanent exclusions, re-engaging young people to achieve their goals and stay in mainstream education. We take referrals for young people who are at risk of permanent exclusion on our 5-10 day course. For young people that need more intensive intervention we offer either a 6 or 10 week course.
ICE also offers a service to provide tutors on an Outreach basis for school refusers.
We have also added functional skills and other accredited qualifications including first aid, health and safety, food hygiene, child development, coaching and more to our offer.
- Address: WV Active Bilston, Bert Williams, Nettlefolds Way, Bilston, WV14 0EF
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: English, Maths, PSHE, Other Curriculum Subjects by Arrangement, Personal Development, Behaviour Intervention, Emotional and Mental Health Support / Intervention, Reflection Sessions.
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- Tel: 07508 718220
- enquiries@i-c-e.co.uk
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: July 2024 – Outstanding
InPower Academy offer an exceptional alternative provision that nurtures and empowers young individuals. Our comprehensive approach focuses on holistic development, ensuring each student receives the support they need to thrive. Through our alternative provision, we are committed to making a lasting positive impact in the lives of our students.
Our alternative provision includes a transformative 1-1 mentoring program called Contender 2 Champ. Mentoring is a fundamental part of our approach, as we believe in the power of positive role models. Our mentors, who have qualifications in SEN delivery, mental health practice, and counselling, provide guidance, support, and inspiration. They also share their lived experiences, creating relatable connections that help students navigate their challenges and unlock their full potential.
- Address: 200-204 Cannock Rd, Park Village, Wolverhampton WV10 0AL
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: We offer a range of vocational and academic qualifications recognized by national governing bodies. By providing tailored qualifications, we equip students with the skills, knowledge, and confidence they need for future success. These qualifications lay the foundation for further education or employment, ensuring students are well-prepared for their next steps.
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details: admin@inpower.co.uk
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: Yes - November 2024 (Outstanding)
Liberate Education offers part-time alternative provision. Extended services are also available to both primary and secondary schools which include intervention workshops covering a range of topics from CSE/CCE, healthy relationships, anger management and transition etc.
Our core purpose is to engage our learners back into education by offering bespoke learning pathways by an experienced team including teachers with a background in SEMH and SEN settings. Our therapeutic approach gives our learners the confidence to identify barriers to their learning and create realistic targets and goals for them to work towards.
Learners are baselined both academically and using our social emotion baseline tool which focuses on five key areas; Self-control and management of behaviour, social skills, self-awareness and confidence, skills for learning and approach to learning. We complete the tool alongside the learner, so that they are aware of their progress and are able to have input. We then identify the main areas of need and support the learner through mentoring them both 1:1 and in group sessions.
We conduct half termly assessment checks including teacher assessments which then feeds into the report which is submitted to the learner’s mainstream school and parents.
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2, KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Maths and English functional skills, NCFE qualifications in Employability, Wellbeing and Creative crafts, Mentoring support focusing on a range of topics from; actions and consequences, healthy relationships, stress management, social skills and prevention exclusion, Certificates upon completion of any course
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: Yes - Mar ‘23 - ‘Outstanding’
At Liminal Education, transparency and student support are central to our vision and values. We aim to deliver over and above the minimum requirements of other APs to ensure that targets are met, interventions are timely and bespoke, and that all external agencies have access to students when required. We offer bespoke alternative provision placements, specialist 1-1 tutoring and mentoring, and accredited outcomes to support learners with their next transition. We also provide support when reintegrating into mainstream settings and access to therapeutic teams including SENDCO, Mentors and Mental Health Social Worker.
- Address: Stringes Close, Willenhall, WV13 1LE
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: L1/2 awards including: English Skills, Maths Skills, Citizenship, Equality & Diversity, Healthy Living, Mental Health & Wellbeing, Personal Safety, Awareness of Social Media, Internet Safety, Managing Personal Finance and Employment, Business & Enterprise.
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- Tel:07488 301198
- liminalcic.org.uk
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: Yes - Mar ‘23’ - ‘Outstanding’
Children and young people are at the centre of all that we do. NT&AS delivers individual specialist education programmes of support. We work nationally with young people who are facing difficulty in accessing education. Our service is built on listening to young people and their families. We have extensive experience of working with professionals in education, health and social care and provide advisory support to help young people progress. Since 1998 more than 5000 young people have succeeded with NT&AS. We are an independent company with a strong customer focus and commitment to quality.
Young people and their families access specialist teachers who are supported by a team providing personalised education in a safe environment. Inclusion experts Subject specialists SEN specialists and assessors Exam access coordinators Safeguarding team Data management and administration Risk management experts.
NT&AS improves access to learning and contributes to the future success of young people who have additional educational needs. NT&AS teachers are skilled in overcoming barriers to learning and working with young people to maximise opportunity. NT&AS has expertise in understanding special educational needs; social development; access and adaptation; physical disabilities; ASC and multiple and complex needs. NT&AS give choices to children and young people and their families.
- Listen to you and try and understand ways to help you succeed.
- Help you to become more confident
- Help you manage your own behaviour
- Teach you in subjects that you might not be confident in
- Help you to learn what you need to know for GCSE or other exams
- Help you complete coursework
- Help you to be confident that you can behave in a positive way
- Help you go to school or college
- Address: 28 New Forest Rd, Walsall WS3 1TR
- Area covered: National
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4
- Courses/Qualifications offered: GCSE Subjects
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: -
- QA’d by CWC: No
Next Gen Alternative Provision provide a fresh start for young people who are disengaged in mainstream education. We seek to re-engage students and provide them with a small, nurturing but academically rigorous environment where young people can get back on track with their learning.
With an approach based on high expectations, academic rigor and a focus on addressing individual needs, we seek to help pupils re-discover their love of learning and get themselves back on track.
We meet the needs of students who would traditionally struggle in mainstream education. This can be for a myriad of reasons: behavioural challenges, social and emotional, and earning difficulties.
Our small class sizes (no larger than 8) and intensive in-class support allow students’ needs to be met academically.
We also offer an extensive range of extracurricular activities which promote the development of the whole child.
- Address: Next Gen Alternative Provision, ASAN, All Saints Road, Wolverhampton, WV2 1EL
- Area covered: TBC
- Key Stages: KS3, KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Functional Skills – Level 1 – 2: Literacy. Functional Skills – Level 1 – 2: Numeracy. Functional Skills – Level 1 – 2: ICT. Careers Information, Advice & Guidance and Religious Education, Sports, Personal Social Health and Economic Education.
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- Tel: 07307 191338
- headteacher@nextgenap.co.uk
- Website
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
Phase 1: Remote/On-Site Initiation - Focusing on establishing a solid routine and initiating the rapport-building process between students and educators. Students start engaging with our teachers based on your schemes of study.
Phase 2: Immersion and Integration - This phase aims to deepen connections with teachers. Gradual introduction group sessions with peers to enhance social skills and collaborative learning.
Phase 3: Reintegration - The final phase is dedicated to smoothly transitioning students back into mainstream schooling. A big focus on reinforcing students' confidence and academic abilities to ensure a successful reintegrate.
- Address: Floor 2, Honeycomb, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 9NG
- Area covered: Online
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2, KS3 and KS4
- Courses/Qualifications offered: English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, Psychology, Business Studies, Computers, Economics.
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
Our private tuition and AEP Centre is located in the heart of Wolverhampton and Shropshire where we deliver Coding and Computer Science education to children and adults. At Wolverhampton, we are an accredited OCR Exam Centre, where students can sit their GCSE and A-Levels with us. We teach thousands of students each month, working with multiple schools across the U.K. to deliver Coding and Computer Science lessons either online or in-house.
- Key Stages: KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: We offer a range of courses including Coding, Robotics, Tech Education, Business and Entrepreneurship as well as English, Math and PSHE basics.
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: Yes - Mar ‘23 - ‘Good’
Our vision is to help promote an educational path to suit all learners. We achieve this by tailoring individual models of teaching and learning to each individual through a vocational pathway. We aspire to create a positive environment whereby learners can empower themselves. The process will help students develop the skills being demanded by employers and give employers an opportunity to influence vocational education and training on learners.
- Address: Work N Learn, Beech House, 1A & 1B Greenfield Crescent, Edgbaston, B15 3BE
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS4 & KS5
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Block work experience, Extended vocational placements (1 or 2 days a week, Daily attendance checks, CAG, Tutoring
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- Tel: 0121 7980555 - 07921 756426
- Website
- enquiries@worknlearn.org.uk
- OFSTED Registered: No
1st Staff works with pupils who are out of, or struggling with, education. This can be in school or at the pupils’ homes providing bespoke individualised education packages based on a holistic and creative curriculum.
- Address: The Civic Building 2nd Floor, 323 High Street, Epping, CM16 4BZ
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Outreach tutors are provided from Reception to KS5 that includes accreditation in GCSE Maths and English and Functional Skills Maths, English, ICT, and Arts Awards.
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
In a full virtual environment, students are provided with the flexibility, pastoral care, and educational quality they need to get back on track to progress, re-engage with their education, improve their attendance levels and return to mainstream.
Opportunities are provided to continue or expand on pupil’s education, to successfully complete recognised qualifications and progress on to further education.
Pupils can learn from any suitable location where there is a broadband connection and computer. This is usually from a home, school, PRU, AP setting or other learning centre. Learners remain on roll locally with all attendance and progress data provided 24/7 to the designated school or local authority officer via online reporting systems.
- Address: Sixth Floor, 3 Burlington Gardens, London, W1S 3EP
- Area covered: England and Wales
- Key Stages: KS3 and KS4
- Courses/Qualifications offered: KS3: Skills’ builder courses in English, Maths, Science, Humanities & citizenship, PHSE & ICT. KS4: English, Maths (GCSE), Combined Science dual award), History (GCSE), Citizenship Studies (GCSE). Full details of curriculum offer available on the website.
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
Provide a simple and effective way to improve brain and body function to enhance listening, learning and movement ability.
- Address: 64 Bramley Lane, Hipperholme, Halifax, HX3 8NS
- Area covered: Hipperholme
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
Welcome to Lincoln Inclusive Tutoring, we offer personalised 1:1 and group tuition for SEN children, young adults, and learners requiring alternative provision. With over seven years of experience and only QTS-qualified tutors, our tailored online and in-person tutoring focuses on both academic growth and life skills. We specialise in supporting students unable to attend full-time mainstream education due to exclusion, medical conditions, or other challenges, helping them re-engage with learning and prepare for future success. What sets us apart from others is our holistic approach. We offer more than just academic tutoring—we focus on the whole learner, helping them build confidence, independence, and essential life skills. Whether it's personalised in-home or online tutoring, to build confidence, or tailored support for transitioning into adulthood, our services are designed to meet each learner where they are. At Lincoln Inclusive Tutoring, our learner’s success is our top priority. We believe that every learner deserves the opportunity to succeed, and we're here to ensure they do. Join us on this educational journey and discover how we can make a difference together.
At Lincoln Inclusive Tutoring, we specialise in offering alternative provision through tuition for pupils aged 4-16 who cannot attend full-time education. Our service is specifically designed for excluded pupils and those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). We provide both 1:1 and group tutoring, both online and in-home, that focuses on more than just academic achievement; we support the personal development and life skills necessary for future success.
- Address: Low Hill Community Centre, Kempthorne Avenue, WV10 9JJ and ASAN, All Saints Road, Wolverhampton, WV2 1EL
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3 and KS4
- Courses/ Qualifications offered : Maths, English, Science
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
New Way tuition look to build confidence, self-esteem, social skills, life skills and improve emotional wellbeing. We also improve attendance for our learners. We have excellent outcomes for all children we work with under the SEN umbrella and also with children that have missed education or are school refusers with no diagnosis or EHCP but just need that extra help to stay on the positive pathway to education and life.
We offer 121 face-to-face tuitions for children at risk of exclusion from school or permanently excluded either at home, in the local library or community centre, or even in school and we are putting interventions in place and helping schools too, to avoid permanent exclusions.
We also offer live learning and education programmes online where our tutors take 121 live lessons or works with several children of the same age in different locations online to build their social and life skills.
Whether we’re face-to-face or online, we also offer, life skills interventions, gardening, cooking, shopping, sports, arts and so on, to help unpick some of the issues our children or young people face to both get to the root of the problem and also remove the barriers affecting a happy life and good education. From there, we begin to build up our pupils, to either get them back into mainstream school or other educations or specialist provision and give them the right support to stop them falling through the net.
- Address: Jubilee House, 3 The Drive, Warley, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3FR
- Area covered: Nationwide
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3, KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/ Qualifications offered : Intervention Scheme, Positive Vibe Inclusion Program, 121 face to face tuition & home tuition, Live Learning Online, Small And Large Classes, Academic Tracking and Professional Reporting, SEN – Special and Additional Educational Needs, ESOL, EDClass, Alternative Approaches to Learning, Adult Learning, 11+ Learning, Online Video Lessons, Post 16 Education, KS5 Education, Online International Tuition, Working Through All School Holiday, Catchup Tuition, Mentoring Support, GCSE revision Tuition, Functional Skills, Life Skills , Summer Tuition, Bespoke Programmes, Criminal Activity Interventions.
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
Founded in 2000, Prospero Teaching is an award-winning supply teaching recruitment agency with offices throughout the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. With over two decades of experience, our education consultants work hard to find you the most suitable role, from a wide range of teaching jobs.
We supply staff across Primary, Secondary and SEND settings; from small community schools to large multi-academy trusts. Our dedicated teams of candidate managers, compliance officers and in-house training coordinators are one hand support all of our teachers, tutors, and teaching assistants, every step of the way.
Prospero provide tutors to work with young people during the most difficult periods in their lives. This includes children that are unable to attend school for a number of reasons. They often deal with cases where anxiety or challenges at home make it very difficult for children to maintain a consistent education. In response, their tutors are tasked with building trusting relationships with young people who may have felt let down by adults in the past. Their tutors adopt a personal and positive approach to building students’ self-esteem and motivation. In the end, they aim to empower young people so that they can return to mainstream education and move forward with their lives.
Prospero provide services across Early Years, Primary, Secondary, SEN Schools and PRUs.
- Address: 3rd Floor 15 Worship Street, London, England, EC2A 2DT
- Area covered: Online Services
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3 and KS4
- Courses/ Qualifications offered : English, Maths, Science, Online Safety, Mental Health Awareness
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
Protocol Education helps schools, multi-academy trusts, alternative providers, nurseries fill the increasing variety of teaching, TA and Early Years staffing roles required to provide pupils with the best possible outcomes. Protocol Education helps over 11,000 of the very best education supply staff from the UK and overseas find work in nurseries, schools, and academies in England every year. We offer outstanding development opportunities to our educators, who are also vetted to the most stringent standards within the industry, using the best technology available.
- Address: West Midlands (Primary) West Midlands SECEND 31 Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton, WV1 4DJ
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Contact the provider
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
Reflective School Support Limited was established by Deborah and Craig Barnes to provide the highest quality 1-to-1, bespoke, home tuition support packages for children and young people who are currently unable to attend school.
Reflective School Support provides education support for young people who are unable to attend a full time school placement and need a bespoke programme of 1:1 tuition. We have a large team of highly experienced and professional teachers who all have enhanced DBS clearance and an excellent track record of successfully supporting young people with a range of social, emotional, behavioural and health needs. We have experience of tutoring many young people who are looked after, including some in residential care home placements and are consequently familiar with the routines and requirements of this type of environment.
We are commissioned by LAs, schools and PRUs to provide education packages ranging from 2 hours to 15 hours per week.
- Area covered: Staffordshire
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Contact the provider
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
Partner with Reed Tutors, who work with schools and local authorities to offer high-quality tuition and mentoring services as a DfE Approved Tuition Partner
Reed’s education professionals behind Reed Tutors are experts in creating and delivering impactful programmes of tuition to students across primary, secondary and SEND settings through a national network of high quality, specialist tutors.
We are delivering tutoring and mentoring services as part of local authority offerings to students unable to attend school for a vast array of reasons.
- Address: Academy Court, 94 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1DT
- Area covered: Nationwide
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3 and KS4
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Primary Literacy, Primary Numeracy, GCSE Maths, GCSE English, GSCE Science, GCSE Humanities, GCSE Modern foreign languages
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: Yes
- QA’d by CWC: No
Bright Spark Tuition provides the highest quality one-to-one tutoring for students aged between eight and eighteen, with a particular focus on 11+ entry to London grammar and private schools.
- Address: London
- Area covered: UK
- Key Stages: KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details: Tutoring | Bright Spark Tuition | London
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
Smart Education is a specialist consultancy focusing on the education sector, providing qualified teachers to support young people who have been excluded from their school placement.
SMART Education have a capacity of qualified SEND tutors experienced in home tutoring young people who are not currently accessing education (Primary – Post 16) with a variety of backgrounds including ADHD/ASD, MLD, SLD, PMLD, SEHM and complex needs.
- Address: 111 Hagley Road, Birmingham, B16 8LB
- Area covered: West Midlands
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Contact the provider
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: Pending
As part of our comprehensive services, we provide additional educational programs for schools by offering support to looked-after or vulnerable children. We collaborate with schools to ensure that a holistic approach is taken to prioritise the educational, wellbeing, social, and emotional needs of children and young people. Our Children’s Services division specialises in providing trained and experienced tutors during or after school, either in a student’s own home, on school premises, or at another agreed venue.
Our approach is solely focused on helping students achieve their goals, supporting their growth, knowledge, and development to demonstrate progress and realize their potential. To achieve this, we carefully consider the best teaching approach, location, and tutor to match each child. We have found that this approach leads to greater achievement of targets. We offer this service for children across the full curriculum from key stages 1 to 5.
- Specialist 1-to-1 trauma-informed tutoring and mentoring, delivered by qualified teachers.
- Reintegration into mainstream settings.
- Positive Behaviour Support and emotional literacy coaching.
- Access to our therapeutic team – speech and language therapists.
- Education and mentoring to meet complex Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.
- Support for Looked After Children (LAC), and those moved out of county.
- Functional Skills Qualifications facilitated and marked in-house.
- Short Breaks, where we offer sports-based, youth work, and mentoring to children and young people in care.
- ESOL support designed for children and young people new to the UK, such as Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC).
- Address: 33 Soho Square, London, W1D 3QU
- Area covered: Tutoring Services online and In person
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3 and KS4
- Courses/Qualifications offered: English, Maths, Science, Sports, Youth Work, Mentoring
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
Established in 1996, Nisai Group is a leading education and training provider, promoting and supporting lifelong learning. Within three defined streams Nisai supports: Schools & Governments, Home-Schooled Children and Adults. All with a shared focus of putting the learner at the centre of what we do, our teams and offices stretch from Canada to Japan. Our growth over the years has been based on delivering high quality solutions, meeting the needs of students, embracing technological change and growing at sustainable levels to ensure the longevity of our support.
We are an educational organisation and school built on core values, a clear sense of purpose, a focus on support, nurture and personalised education and training. With a belief that education is more than academic achievement alone, we created an environment to support the whole learner, the Nisai Virtual Academy, a global online learning community that extends beyond the constraints of the traditional school walls.
Core values that deliver success:
- Excellence
- Inclusion
- Integrity
- Ambition
- Support
- Flexibility
We are committed to give traditional and non-traditional learners the skills to flourish through innovative education and through influencing positive institutional change. We aim to transform global education to eliminate social injustice.
- Address: TBC
- Area covered: TBC
- Key Stages: KS3, KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Accredited qualifications including functional skills, IGCSE / GCSE, AS and A Levels, British curriculum up to the age of 14 to build base skills and knowledge, Project based learning – Young International Leaders and Sustainable Development Goals, Ongoing support, both for academic progression and learner wellbeing
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: Yes - 2017 graded as Good
- QA’d by CWC: No
Supporting young people in an alternative education setting using value-based education principles. Creating a supportive and inclusive environment, and empowering children to take an active part in their own self-learning and development.
Our individualised values-based curriculum and experienced teamwork with the young person to understand their inner values and undertake specific targeted work. This is achieved by named workers who are identified to meet the young person’s needs working 121 with them to tailor a meaningful learning experience.
- Address: 113, North Hill, Mutley, Plymouth, PL4 8JY
- Area covered: UK
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Contact the provider
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
Targeted Provision offers face-to-face and online tuition and mentoring to the UK's most vulnerable young people. This includes support for permanently excluded young people, care-experienced young people, those facing Social, Emotional, and Mental Health challenges and those with other special educational needs.
In the face of growing challenges in the UK's education sector - such as a shortage of appropriate school places, a lack of available professionals, and a marked increase in young people missing education due to unmet SEMH needs - we saw a pressing need for transformation in alternative provision.
Targeted Provision emerged as a response to these challenges: our mission is to raise the standard of education for vulnerable learners. We have re-defined tuition as relational learning, offering a powerful alternative to mainstream tutoring agencies. Our tutors are qualified teachers with significant experience of supporting young people with additional needs and share a commitment to trauma-informed practice.
We provide specialist, trauma-informed tutoring and mentoring to young people with a range of complex additional needs. Our support is designed to cater to the needs of young people with unmet SEND and SEMH needs, including, but not limited to young people who:
- Are experiencing high anxiety, including those with emotionally based school avoidance
- Are care-experienced or have a social worker
- Are permanently excluded or at risk of permanent exclusion
- Are known to the Youth Offending Team
- Are medically unable to attend school
- Are an Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child (UASC)
- Are awaiting a Special School place
- Area covered: West Midlands
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: L1/L2 Functional skills (English & Maths)
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
Teaching Personnel has a track record of success in providing tuition for both supplementary and alternative provisions. We have tutors with the range of skills and specialist training required to deliver to your pupils’ individual needs.
Supplementary Provision:
- Access to the curriculum
- Engagement in learning
- Attendance
- Behaviour
- Pupils with SEN
- Lost learning or gaps in academic ability
- Pastoral/well-being challenges
Alternative Provision:
- Engagement/re-engagement with learning
- Children at risk of exclusion/excluded
- Challenging/extreme behaviours
- Transition back into mainstream education
- Medical needs – mental health and physical
- Additional needs including SEND and SEMH
LEAP the Virtual Learning Environment
The LEAP portal’s reporting provides actionable insights into student attendance and progress. Feedback systems, including Pupil Voice, identify pupils at risk of disengaging and help tutors adopt strategies to address these issues. The LEAP portal lets you:
- Add pupils to tuition programmes
- Check on progress by child and/or group
- View attendance reports
- View current, past and future sessions
- Assign pupils into groups
- Address: Teaching Personnel Ltd. Registered in England & Wales: 3225158
- Area covered: National
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: Phonics, Reading, EAL Support, Transition Support, Exam Prep, Wellbeing
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
The CatchUp Academy - The National Tutoring Programme is a Government-funded initiative to provide catch-up tuition for children across Primary, Secondary, Special Educational Needs and Alternative Provision. As a trusted approved partner with the DFE, all schools are invited to meet us either online or in person to go through the needs of the students.
A dedicated account manager will go through the process and costings with schools and suggest timetables.
Once tutors are confirmed, schools will meet the tutor/s prior to the booking to start to go through gaps, and areas of focus for the student. Tuition can be tailored depending on the school’s methods of teaching.
Once all is confirmed tuition can start, and regular review meetings and lessons will be recorded on our tuition platform.
- Address: Dawson House, 5 Jewry Street, London, EC3N 2EX
- Area covered: UK
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: English KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4. Maths KS1, KS2, KS4. Science KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4. Humanities KS3, KS4; Modern Foreign Languages KS3, KS4.
- Transport: TBC
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- Tel: 0203 854 0600
- info@thecatchupacademy.co.uk
- Website
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No
TLC firmly believe that every student possesses unique talents and untapped potential. Regardless of their background or circumstances, they are committed to creating a supportive and nurturing environment where each learner can flourish. Their tutors are trained to recognise and harness individual strengths, instilling confidence and self-belief in every student. They celebrate their progress, no matter how small, as they know that every step forward contributes to unlocking their full potential.
They understand the importance of setting high expectations for our students. They challenge and support them to reach their academic goals, preparing them for future education and career pathways. Their curriculum is designed to be rigorous, engaging, and aligned with academic standards, providing a solid foundation for their ongoing learning journey. Through continuous assessment and feedback, they tailor their teaching methods to ensure that every student is equipped to thrive in their studies.
They recognise that the journey to success can be daunting, and students need a strong support system to excel. At TLC LIVE, they offer a comprehensive range of support services tailored to meet the diverse needs of our learners. Their dedicated team of tutors, mentors, and staff work collaboratively with each student, placing them at the centre of their education plan. They provide individualised attention, addressing learning challenges, and fostering an environment of trust, where students feel valued and empowered. Their ultimate goal is to see our students succeed not only academically but also in life. They take a holistic approach to education, preparing students for the challenges and opportunities they may encounter in college, the workforce, and beyond. They focus on developing essential skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and resilience. By nurturing well-rounded individuals, they ensure they are equipped to navigate a rapidly changing world and make positive contributions to society.
At TLC LIVE, these core beliefs are not just aspirations but the driving force behind our commitment to making a meaningful impact in the lives of disadvantaged students, students with SEND, and children with care experience. By embracing their potential, challenging them to achieve greatness, providing unwavering support, and preparing them for a successful future, we empower our students to forge their own path of success, transforming their lives and the communities they belong to.
- Address: Head office TLC LIVE, 2 Ducketts Wharf, South Street, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 3AR
- Area covered: ONLINE Tutoring that covers Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS2, KS3 and KS4
- Courses/Qualifications offered: English, Maths and Science, Humanities and EA. They provide one-on-one tutoring anytime and anywhere ensuring individualised attention and maximising learning potentials. Their tutors work with students to create pathways into further education and careers.
- Transport: N/A
- Cost: Contact the Provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: November 2024 (Good).
Tute delivers live online lessons to fill gaps in the education of children and young people across key stages 1-5. Tute can be used as your alternative provision, providing outreach services and support to reintegrate back into school. Students can join lessons from the location they are in, bridging the gap between home and school with consistent and continuous provision.
- Address: Tute Education Ltd, 11 Edison Court, Ellice Way, Wrexham Technology Park, Wrexham, LL13 7YT.
- Area covered: Wolverhampton
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: L1/L2 Functional skills (English & Maths), English, Maths, Science GCSE, Range of other GCSE subjects, AS/A Level subjects
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: November 2024 (Outstanding)
Winchmore Tutors are one of the UK’s leading tuition agency, providing 121 lessons and educational support to individuals, schools, and local authorities across the UK, helping students reach their full potential.
We deliver bespoke 121 tuition and group sessions by qualified and trained teachers.
- Address: 1st floor, James House, Mere Park, Dedmere Rd, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 1FJ
- Area covered: UK
- Key Stages: KS1, KS2,KS3,KS4 and Post 16
- Courses/Qualifications offered: English, Maths and Science
- Transport: No
- Cost: Contact the provider
- Contact details:
- OFSTED Registered: No
- QA’d by CWC: No