SEND & Alternative Provision
The children who most need a strong education are too often the ones the system serves least well. Children with special educational…
ExplorePRU & AP Academy Improvement Support
Pupil referral units and AP academies do some of the hardest, most important work in education, with some of the most vulnerable children. Leading and improving them is demanding, and the support available is often thin.
We provide improvement support to PRUs and AP academies, from people who understand this work and the children it serves.
What Is Our PRU and AP Academy Support?
It is tailored improvement support for pupil referral units and AP academies. We work with you on leadership, curriculum, safeguarding, behaviour, and outcomes, and support you through inspection, conversion, or turnaround where needed.
The focus is on practical, credible support that improves provision for the children who most need it.
Who Is Our PRU and AP Academy Support For?
It is for PRUs, AP academies and free schools, and trusts running AP, that want expert improvement support. It suits leaders working to raise standards, prepare for inspection, or navigate conversion, who want people who genuinely know AP.
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What Does Our PRU and AP Academy Support Include?
- Leadership and management support and challenge
- Curriculum development suited to AP
- Safeguarding and behaviour support
- A focus on outcomes, destinations, and reintegration
- Inspection preparation for registered provision
- Support with PRU to AP academy conversion
- Turnaround support where provision is struggling
How Does Our PRU and AP Academy Support Help Your School, Academy, Trust, or Setting?
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Support demanding leadership
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Get the curriculum right
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Strengthen safeguarding
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Focus on outcomes
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Prepare for inspection
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Navigate conversion
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Turn provision around
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How Our PRU and AP Academy Support Works
- 1We talk through where you are and what you need.
- 2We agree the focus, from leadership to curriculum to conversion.
- 3We work alongside your leaders with challenge and support.
- 4We keep outcomes and safeguarding central throughout.
- 5We help you evidence and sustain improvement.
What You Get at the End
- Experienced support and challenge for leaders
- A curriculum and offer suited to your pupils
- Stronger safeguarding and behaviour practice
- A clear route to improved outcomes
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Key Features of Our Service
AP specialists
Our people have led and inspected PRUs and AP academies for real.
Outcomes-focused
We keep the focus on what pupils achieve and where they go.
Practical support
We offer credible, hands-on help, not theory from a distance.
Why Choose Jarvis Education?
We work only in education and include leaders who have run and inspected alternative provision. Our support gives PRUs and AP academies credible, practical help with leadership, curriculum, safeguarding, and outcomes — and steady guidance through inspection, conversion, or turnaround — all focused on the children who most need it to work.
Next Steps & How to Get Started
- Speak to us about your provision and priorities.
- We agree the support you need and work alongside you.
- Contact us today to strengthen your PRU or AP academy.
Who We Work With
We support settings of every type across England and internationally.
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