Teach Secondary - Issue 13.2

LOVE... Julia Holder, head of Apollo at Haybrook College, shares how their partnership with Academy21’s online provision has been a recipe for success WHY I ABOUT US: Apollo at Haybrook College is an alternative provision that supports young people who have self-excluded for a variety of reasons WILL IT WORK FOR YOU? • 100% live classes delivered by expert teachers used to working withAPpupils. • High quality provision used by over 850 schools across 120+ LAs • Flexibility build in for pupils and schools with no minimum purchase level • Suitable for a range of uses including on-site, hybrid, short, and long-term TALKING ABOUT: ACADEMY21’S ONLINE ALTERNATIVE PROVISION AND SUPPORT Howdo youwork in partnershipwith Academy21 to support your students? We’ve worked with Academy21 for over 10 years. They deliver online alternative provision in our core subjects across KS3 and KS4, with all classes taught live online by qualified, subject specialist teachers. Academy21 is very flexible and accommodating in scheduling lessons within our timetable, and all their teachers have experience working with anxious and withdrawn young people like our pupils. Apollo students join Academy21’s lessons for GCSE English, maths, and science in the morning, then participate in music, sport, art, and vocational classes with us in the afternoon. It’s this combination of academic study and confidence-building activities that we feel helps students to make strong progress, apply for colleges, and move into the wider world of work. The content of the lessons is excellent We quality assure the lessons and listen in, and what we’ve seen has been brilliant, so we’re very pleased with it. All subjects are supplemented with a library of learning materials, including interactive activities for each student’s learning pathway, tailored to each of our student’s learning needs. The great thing about Academy21 is that it can be used to support students studying at home, or within inclusion or specialist units on-site. At Apollo, we’ve set up a dedicated quiet, nurturing space within the college to support anxious learners in rebuilding their confidence and working towards reintegration. What are the benefits of partneringwith an online alternative provider? With the online alternative provision available from Academy21, we can access everything that we need. From the reports, we can see how much each young person has engaged, understood, and interacted. We have seen some very positive outcomes for our students; many have gained excellent results and moved on to further education, and then university. We have worked with Academy21 for years now, so we are very happy with what they have developed. Ultimately, I think Academy21 represents good value for money, provides good teaching and produces great results. Contact: web: academy21. co.uk/alternative- provision email: contact@ academy21.co.uk phone: 0800 208 8210 PA R T N E R C O N T E N T teachwire.net/secondary 11