A professional directory of alternative education for young people across Essex.
Important information to schools when considering using Alternative Providers
Please see the guidance 'Alternative Provision – Statutory guidance for local authorities – January 2013' (links to external site) for full details of what to look for in good alternative provision.
Unless the Alternative Provider is a registered school with a DfE number they are not able to offer full time or the majority of the education for more than 4 pupils and they are not able to offer full time or the majority of the education for any pupils who have an EHCP or statement of special educational needs or are in the care of the Local Authority. They are not able to take pupils on roll unless they have Independent School status and a DfE number.
If a student is not one of the categories that Alternative Providers cannot provide full time education for they could legally provide all of the education if they do not provide it for more than 3 other students of statutory school age. The student will remain on the school roll. This would be funded by the referring school if they choose to enter into such an arrangement.
If a student is in one of those exempt categories Alternative Providers could provide part of the education i.e. 2 days a week or a 6-12 week programme and reintegration back into school, these patterns of provision would keep them within the law. The student will still remain on the school roll, the school would then need to provide the rest of the education for the week or academic year and pay the fees, again if they choose to enter into such an arrangement.
Please note - Motorvations has closed.
Essex LA staff have visited and reviewed self-assessment forms for a number of alternative education providers, a blank copy of this form can be found below:
ECC monitoring Education Access (Word Document)
These providers were initially recommended by schools and/or pupil referral units. This directory contains a link to provider websites where further information and referral forms can be found. The areas covered and relevant Key Stages are also noted alongside. Commissioning schools remain responsible for the monitoring and tracking of progress of individual pupils, for confirming that the provision given is of good quality, value for money and meets the pupil's needs. They should also ensure that they check the indemnities, safeguarding and health and safety policies of any alternative providers they commission as ultimate responsibility remains with the home school.
Please note that most of the providers on the Essex Directory are now linked to the EVOLVE system and you can enter your risk assessments there and view their supporting documentation. Any that you cannot find listed you can add them and ECC will chase them for the required information.
Please let providers know that you obtained their information from this directory.
If any schools knows of other providers who they feel could be added to this directory or they have information that could result in providers being removed from the directory please contact Julie Keating by emailing julie.keating@essex.gov.uk
Directory of Providers
The AP Matrix spreadsheet below provides a summary of providers with contact names and telephone numbers, a printable version of the directory with all providers information, a list of courses and website information on each provider.
AP Matrix (Excel)
Listed below are links to providers, alongside areas and Key Stages covered, if supplied:
- 1st Staff (All areas, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- ABC Primary Tutoring (North east, KS1, KS2)
- Astral Tuition Services (South, KS1, KS2, KS3)
- Academy21 (All areas, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- BEP Alternative Education (South, KS3, KS4)
- Cambridge Online Education
- Catch 22 (All areas, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- CF Education (North east, Mid, West, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Challenger Troop CIC (All areas, KS2, KS3)
- Chiltern Music Therapy (All areas, KS2, KS3)
- Circles (Mid, South, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Colchester Institute FE College (North east, KS4)
- Commando Joe's (All areas, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- CTP Training Academy Witham Ltd, Witham/The Construction Training Partnership Ltd, Harlow (Mid, West, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Easton and Otley College (North east, KS4)
- EM Skills Ltd (All areas, KS3, KS4)
- Equine Assisted Qualifications (Mid, West, South, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Essex Youth Service (All areas, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Essex Youthbuild (Mid, West, KS3, KS4)
- Evolve and Adapt (West, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Evolve Intervention (All areas, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Figure of Eight (South, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Find Your Spark (All areas, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Fleet Tutors (All areas, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Fletchers Farm (North east, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Forest School for All (All areas, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Fresh Start in Education
- Future Gateways (All areas, KS3, KS4)
- Gateway FM (All areas, KS3, KS4)
- Harwich Horse Rangers Association (North east, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Havering College (West, KS4)
- Inspire Learning (South, KS1, KS2)
- InterHigh
- JSB Education (West, KS1 to KS3)
- Kip Mcgrath, Colchester (NE, KS4, KS4)
- Lambourne End Centre for Outdoor Learning (West, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Learning Academies Ltd - iAspire (North east, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- LOOP (formerly Langham Oaks Outreach Provision) (All areas, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- MindJam
- Moore Teachers Ltd (West, KS1, KS2)
- My Space Solutions (All areas, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- National Teaching and Advisory Service Ltd (All areas, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Noise Solution (All areas, KS3, KS4)
- Noo Yu CIC Life Skills and Boxing Programme (All areas, KS3, KS4)
- Open Box Education (West, KS3, KS4)
- Prospero Teaching (All areas, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Rainbow Rural (Mid, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Rainbow Services (West KS3, KS4)
- Rallysport (North east, Mid, South, KS3, KS4)
- Randstad Education (All areas, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Raw Learning (South, KS1, KS2)
- Reach Essex (All areas, KS3, KS4)
- Red Balloon Air (All areas, KS3, KS4)
- S6 Wraps Training Ltd
- Sea-Change (Mid, KS3, KS4)
- Specifically S6 Wraps
- Southend YMCA Community School (Southend, KS4)
- South Essex College (South, KS4)
- Teaching Personnel (All areas, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Therapeutic Teaching (North east, Mid, South, KS1, KS2, KS3)
- TLC Live (All areas, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- TLG Chelmsford (DfE No 881/6066) and TLG Tendring (DfE No 881/6070) (North east, KS3, KS4)
- TUTE Education (All areas, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Tutor Doctor (All areas, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Wellies-On (Butterfly Lodge) (North east, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Wilderness Foundation (All areas, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Winchmore Tutors Ltd (All areas, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4)
- Youth Build