Engaging Alternative Provision in the School Games: A staged approach
The value of giving young people the chance to succeed, with potential for a project to develop further once confidence has grown
Background
Willow Tree Primary School's* innovation project invited two alternative education providers to participate: a secondary pupil referral unit (PRU) in Hounslow and a social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) school in Ealing, West London. Neither setting had previously participated in the School Games: each has a relatively high student turnover and it had been difficult to engage leadership concerned about their pupils' ability to cope within a competitive setting, to work as a team or to deal with new social situations. It was hoped that a positive experience via the innovation project might lend itself to wider engagement with the school amongst all alternative education providers (APs).
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