Progress Schools is a nationally based, alternative education provider with independent secondary schools located throughout England. We provide high-quality, supportive, and inspirational teaching to 11 – 16-year-olds at Key Stage 3 and 4. Our bespoke approach ensures positive progression either back into mainstream education, or into the world of further education, work-based learning, or employment when leaving us in Year 11.
Who are we?
At Progress Schools, we currently have thirteen independent secondary schools, located throughout England, who support local authorities and mainstream schools to work with young people who require an alternative approach to their education. Many students have been diagnosed SEND/SEMH (or are awaiting diagnosis), and/or have been excluded from at least one mainstream school.
Through our incredible workforce of teachers, engagement mentors, welfare officers, and alike, we ensure a truly rounded curriculum that is delivered in a nurturing and supportive way, enabling us to identify the potential and ambitions of our young people and work with them to support them to achieve these.
In 2019, The Timpson Review of School Exclusions identified that more than half of young people who access alternative provision (AP) or PRU (Pupil Referral Unit) type settings become NEET (not in education, employment, or training) when they leave school. Since our inception in 2016, we have supported most of our Year 11 students to progress into a positive destination when they leave us. This is something we feel incredibly passionate about, because we truly believe that every young person should be given all the support and guidance they need to help them to achieve their potential.
Our Proprietor Details
Progress Schools Limited,
Suite B2, Switch House,
Northern Perimeter Road,
Bootle,
L30 7PT, Liverpool
93%
Parent Satisfaction
Ofsted
Registered Schools
All Progress Schools Are Supported By…
Charlotte Barton
Managing Director
Nancy Wright
Director of Business
Cheryl James
Head of Centre, Lead IQA
Justin Lewis
National Head of Safeguarding and Inclusion
Marie – Ann Donelon
Admissions Assistant
Jenny Smith
National SENCO
Sean O’Dell
Quality Manager – Education
Latest News
Progress Schools’ former student shines
Recently we received a call from Carol Edwards, grandparent of a former student who will be referred to as Leah for confidentiality, who wanted to show her support for Alternative Provision and offer an update on her granddaughter’s progress since leaving Progress Schools, Tees Valley.
Ready, Set, Bake!
For National Baking Week, we presented our students with our very own ‘Bake Off Showstopper’ style challenge! Following the theme of ‘Something I learnt in school', Students from across all our schools donned their aprons, readied their mixing bowls and got involved. Take a look at their baked creations...
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