Who can access Coventry Alternative Provision (CAP)?

Tier 1 - Universal 

Our service promotes Equality and Diversity and we welcome applications for any student who is on roll with a school.  Unfortunately, at this  time we are unable to accept applications for students who are not on roll with an educational establishment.

Tier 1 offers a wide range of diverse courses within Work Based Learning, Curriculum Support and Employability and Personal Development. These courses are universal and should be considered by schools/academies for any students within mainstream school. This Tier offers a breadth of experienced training providers who offer high-quality provision in their subject areas and help students to gain or prepare for accreditations. These courses are available for a full academic year with the opportunity of progression.

The Tier 1 offer is universal and welcomes applications for everybody between ages 9-19.  

All applications are reviewed and considered by training providers; if a training provider feels that they are unable to meet the student's needs or the risk is deemed too high, Coventry Alternative Provision will work with the school and family to explore alternatives that are more suitable. 

As some training providers are not OFSTED registered, we cannot allow them to be the main education provider and therefore the expectation is that students still access some education provided by their school. CAP will assess data to advise on which provision a student can access. 

This also means that CAP can only offer a certain amount of days. This is currently 2 full days for a whole academic year and an additional day for a maximum of 12 weeks.

Tier 2 - Targeted 

Tier 2 offers a more targeted approach to learning, which is categorised by ‘Insight’ and ‘Flourish’ Programmes.

Insight Programmes offer a 6-week placement with a training provider for 1 day per week. The course content focuses on a particular Social Development area where the student requires support. See the Insight programmes.

These programmes are used to assess the well-being of the student and provide the school with an opportunity to consider additional support that may be advised to best support the student.

Insight programmes can be used alongside the ‘Flourish’ programmes and or any Tier 1 programme, dependent on data*.

These provisions must be applied for using the Tier 2 application form.

Insight programmes do not get assessed by panel.

Flourish programmes offer an intense 12 week provision where a student is educated through the use of therapeutic approaches and a full assessment is completed throughout the duration of the course. This assessment is used to initiate a ‘My Support Plan’ for the student which will be provided to the referring school at the end of the placement with recommendations, advisories of support and student development feedback. Schools/academies are expected to provide a designated case worker for these programmes to take part in 3 weekly review meetings.

Flourish programmes are being run as a PILOT this academic year for CAP to develop and increase this offer.

These provisions must be applied for using the Tier 2 application form.

All Flourish applications will be assessed by a Panel of professionals to establish whether this is the correct level of support for the student.

The aim is for students to return to mainstream school and/or access Tier 1 provisions once the programme has been successfully completed.

Work Related Learning

Address: Friargate
Coventry
CV1 2GN

Telephone: 024 7697 2868