Placements

Pupils attend Acorn Free School, whilst remaining dual registered with their mainstream setting. 

At Key Stage 3 an ideal placement is 18 weeks; 9-10 weeks full time at Acorn, followed by 2-3 weeks meaningful transition and 6 weeks outreach. In this way, we help them avoid the risk of exclusion, support behaviour change, fulfil their potential and raise standards of achievement.

Placements are available to assist Key Stage 4 students on a full time permanent basis until the end of Year 11. We work closely with our mainstream partners to ensure all students are ready for the next stage of their lives be it with a college place or an apprenticeship.

We ask that our mainstream partners provide attainment and progress data so that we can ensure academic work is appropriately pitched and that progress can be tracked.

All transition points are facilitated by our Outreach Team who work in a flexible manner offering bespoke support to reintegrate students back into mainstream education either at Key Stage Three or Further Education.