Schools will place students at Strive when they believe doing so is in the best interest of all. We have 6 places available on each programme in 2024-25
Admissions & Induction:
Schools will assign placements in conjunction with the Strive admissions team.
Strive works with students in Y9 upwards for AP places.
Any enquiries for placements must be directed to home schools who will commission the place.
Students usually remain on the 2/3 day programme throughout the full academic year.
There are limited places available so schools will often have to make difficult decisions as to which students attend.
Strive has excellent working relationships with all local schools and all schools have robust QA systems in place.
Strive are looking to expand the AP offer in 2025-26 to run a specific programme for students with autism, anxiety, communication and interaction needs and low school attendance.
Reviews and Reporting
Strive will hold a review meeting at least every half-term with commissioning schools where behaviour, attendance, engagement and outcomes will be discussed and reviewed.
Schools and parents/carers will receive a comprehensive report on behaviour, attendance, engagement and outcomes every term.
A review meeting can be called at anytime to discuss a placement.
Review of a Placement
Strive will do everything possible to ensure a student’s educational, emotional, and social needs are met, however, where it is evident that Strive can’t meet these needs, a place will be reviewed and possibly removed.
Strive will use suspensions and exclusions in rare circumstances when students are unsafe to themselves or others or if a significant incident has occurred.
A placement will be reviewed when it is clear that despite all the support in place, attending Strive AP is not in the best interests of all. This will be done in conjunction with schools.
Additional Tutoring
In some instances, parents can self-fund individual/small group tutoring when our core groups have finished in the afternoon.
These usually take place from 2.30-3.30pm and focus on maths/English or social skills such as confidence building and interaction where a young person may have been out of education for a while.
These placements are usually separate from the main AP places commissioned by school and parents/carers should get in touch for further information.
Helping young people who may be struggling in mainstream education
Contact should be with a student’s home school regarding a referral
If you are interested in finding out more about STRIVE, or chat about the individual needs of your student or child. Call us on 01423 649070, or simply fill out the form below and we’ll get straight back to you.