Part-Time

Since January 2024, we have delivered fixed-term, part-time Alternative Provision placements across Rochdale in partnership with local secondary schools, Rochdale Pioneers Trust, and the local authority — supporting hundreds of pupils, strengthening inclusion, and reducing avoidable exclusions across the borough.

Our highly effective programme enables schools to access specialist, quality-assured AP rooted in reintegration, relationship-led practice, and inclusive education — offering a sustainable alternative to exclusion-based pathways.

While on placement, we work closely with schools to identify emerging needs and co-design tailored support plans that remove barriers to mainstream engagement. Pupils access expert teaching across all core subjects and a broad, enriched curriculum, ensuring academic progress, personal development, and school connection remain central throughout.

Our impact has been recognised locally — including selection as a finalist in the Rochdale Business Awards 2024 and later the following year, finalist status at the RAISE Rochdale Education Awards 2025 for Personal Development.

Most importantly, outcomes speak for themselves. Attendance across our AP provision has remained significantly above local and national trends, reflecting the safety, engagement, and trust built within our learning environments. Schools, families, and partners continue to share exceptional feedback on the character, consistency, and quality of our provision.

We are proud to confirm our reintegration partnership continues through 2025–26, ensuring even more pupils across Rochdale will benefit from high-support, qualification-focused, reintegration-led AP in the years ahead.

Full-Time

Following the strong outcomes from our 2025 Ofsted education inspection, where we were judged Good with Outstanding features, we have been approved to expand our premises and increase our pupil capacity — enabling us to extend our AP offer to include a small number of full-time placements.

Pupils who attend full-time access a registered, quality-assured learning centre with specialist teaching, high-staff-to-pupil ratios, and dedicated resources. Our academic offer includes a broad qualification pathway spanning GCSE qualifications, functional skills, and a range of vocational and technical awards — ensuring progress is measurable, meaningful, and future-focused.

While reintegration back into mainstream education remains our core intent, we understand that some pupils may require a longer placement to achieve sustained success. For these learners, we support carefully planned next steps, which may include transition into Post-16 study or movement into other identified education pathways — always shaped around the individual child’s needs, strengths, and intended destination.

Our expert practitioner team works collaboratively with secondary schools, families, local authorities, and wider professionals to build personalised support plans that enable stability, re-engagement, and successful progression — no matter the starting point.

Our approach is grounded in trauma-informed, relationship-centred practice, and underpinned by Positive Behaviour Support — a philosophy that promotes co-regulation, replaces punitive responses, and enables sustainable behaviour change alongside academic success.