Our NEET Re-Engagement Programme provides a supportive, therapeutic pathway for young people with an EHCP, helping them build confidence and progress into learning, training, or employment.
Our Alternative Education Programmes are for young people who are:
- Are presenting with persistent absence or emotionally based school avoidance
- Struggle with the pace, size, or structure of mainstream classrooms
- Display anxiety, dysregulation, or low resilience impacting learning
- Are at risk of suspension, exclusion, or further disengagement
- Require a more personalised, relationship-based SEND approach
The programme operates as a complementary provision, maintaining the student’s school placement while providing targeted intervention to stabilise attendance, rebuild engagement, and strengthen readiness to access mainstream learning.
Petty Pool offers schools:
- A 42-acre therapeutic outdoor learning environment that reduces anxiety and supports regulation
- Specialist SEND staff experienced in working with complex SEMH and EHCP needs
- Small group delivery to enable personalised support and consistent adult relationships
- Clear communication and progress reporting to support EHCP outcomes and annual reviews
- Flexible models (e.g., part-time placements, transition packages, short-term stabilisation support)
- Embedded Maths and English
Our approach focuses on rebuilding confidence, emotional regulation, independence, and motivation, enabling students to sustain engagement in their school setting and prepare for positive post-16 progression.
Programme Intent
Re-engagement & Readiness
- A structured, calm environment that enables young people to return to learning safely and positively
- A personalised approach that rebuilds trust, aspiration, routine and stability
Confidence, Identity & Emotional Regulation
- Outdoor and experiential learning to rebuild a positive sense of identity
- Opportunities to experience success immediately, sparking motivation
- Support in developing positive behaviours, emotional control and resilience
Skills for Life, Education & Employment
- Strengthened social, communication and teamwork skills
- Embedded functional skills (literacy, numeracy, problem solving)
- Improved self-management, attendance, and responsibility
Trusted Relationships & Supportive Boundaries
Consistent adult relationships that help young people re-establish boundaries, routines, expectations and self-belief.
Programme Delivery
The programme structure is flexible and can be delivered alongside the student’s existing timetable.
Group sizes are small and consistent staffing allows trusted relationships to be built.
To arrange an initial call to discuss how Petty Pool can support your students at risk of disengagement, contact altedadmissions@pettypool.org.uk
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