Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Episode 2

Series looking at life inside the Bridge AP Academy. This episode follows students who are hoping to return to mainstream school if they can get their behaviour under control.

A look at the excluded students who are hoping to return to mainstream school. If reintegration is to happen, it needs to take place before students start their GCSEs, and then only if they can get their behaviour under control. Around 30 students are assessed for a possible return to mainstream school each year, but on average just seven will do so successfully.

Thirteen-year-olds Shannon and Taylor are both new arrivals. Taylor is initially keen to return to mainstream, but soon starts to find the Bridge more appealing.

Shannon, on the other hand, is determined to leave and pursues a place at a sought-after secondary school. She is academically able and the school is interested in her, but her challenging behaviour starts to put the place in jeopardy.

Fourteen-year-old Craig is also hoping to get reintegrated, but can he avoid confrontations and rein in his bad language?

1 hour

Credits

Role Contributor
Executive Producer Katie Buchanan
Director Ellena Wood
Series Editor Tom Dixon-Spain
Production Company KEO Films Ltd
Producer Cat Green

Broadcasts

OU on the 麻豆官网首页入口: More about Excluded: Kicked Out of School

Join The Open University鈥檚 online discussion hub