RISE Education School

RISE Education is a registered independent school providing an alternative learning environment for students who are either at risk of exclusion or who have been excluded from mainstream schools. RISE Education works in partnership with schools, local authorities and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that every child’s educational needs are adequately met in line with prevailing policies.

We emphasise the development of skills such as team building, effort, responsibility, healthy competition and citizenship. Our pupils achieve their best because of the range of experiences that we provide in an environment that is positive, supportive and forwardthinking.

RISE embraces its role as a referral unit serving the whole community. In addition to the good work carried out in the classroom there are many clubs and activities that take place outside of school hours. Pupils achieve their best when school and home work in harmony. We value the contribution made by parents, Local Education Authorities and the wider community to ensure that we maintain high standards in all aspects of school life. We are aware that effective communication between the home and school is essential in providing a good education. Do not sit at home fretting or worrying about an aspect of your child’s school life. All that may be required will be a phone call to clarify matters. The transition from school to an alternative education provider can be a worrying time for pupils. We hope that familiarization visits by placement staff and schools as well as parents will alleviate some anxieties. If, however you have any concerns please feel free to contact the School and speak with the Director of Education or any other member of staff. We hope that you feel able to do this at any time throughout the placement of your child.

RISE prescribes to the’ Every Child Matters’ policy and will work in partnership with schools and the LA to ensure that every young person, whatever their background or circumstances should have the support they need Every year thousands of young people across the UK are failing to cope in mainstream education More than 50 young people are permanently excluded from school every day, frequently leaving them with little or no hope for the future. These young people are victims of circumstance, lacking the love and care that other children rightfully receive. Crime, family breakdown, abuse and gang culture can leave many young people broken. All these factors lead to missed educational opportunities that will negatively impact their lives forever.

Guidance is the taking of that personal interest in pupils as individuals to assist them in making choices and decisions. The concept of the school as a caring community is central, not only preparing young people for the future but also giving assistance with living in the present. Guidance will offer opportunities for pupils’ personal, social and intellectual development. Pupils will be encouraged to exercise care and concern for each other, for their teachers, for the school environment and for the community at large. Such concern should not be so much imposed as arrived at by the consent of all parties. Guidance is viewed as a whole-school matter and indeed it must go further. Links between the school, its pupils and their homes will be developed to meet the broad aim of catering for each individual’s needs. Outside agencies are needed in a child’s welfare, they too will be involved. It is a shared responsibility for us to meet the needs of our disaffected pupils. It is the responsibility of a school guidance department to co-ordinate all the agencies which contribute to the personal, social and intellectual development of each individual pupil, and to strive to maintain personal contact with that pupil throughout her or his school career, as a means of assisting in the realisation of everyone’s full potential.

The department of Rise Education works with all subject teachers, parents, any involved community agencies and pupils to ensure that a broad and balanced curriculum is made available to all students, according to their needs. It is directly involved in the transfer of pupils from local authority setting to an alternative education provider, liaising with the external agencies involved and using the initial contact with the pupil to observe the individual learning needs and determine which kinds of support will be appropriate for pupils.

We are committed to working in partnership with parents/guardians to fulfil their child’s potential. Without your support and involvement our Mission is harder if not impossible to achieve Parent Agreement. On accepting a place at RISE Education, pupils and parents will be asked to sign an agreement to confirm that they understand and comply with the policies and procedures set by the School. We request that all parents/guardians read through and sign the agreement and comply with all our policies.We believe that we will help to raise the academic and social aspirations and achievements of children by engaging parents in the education process and helping them to deal with the enormous and often difficult but rewarding task of parenting.