0:00:05 > 0:00:07CHATTERING AND SHOUTING
0:00:11 > 0:00:13What the fuck is this, then?
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Michael, language!
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Argh!
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Argh, Susan!
0:00:19 > 0:00:20Don't, now. I mean it.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23INDISTINCT SHOUTING
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Guys!
0:00:25 > 0:00:27One centre is a GrEW organisation
0:00:27 > 0:00:29which offers places to kids like me
0:00:29 > 0:00:31who have been excluded from school
0:00:31 > 0:00:34or who have opted out of normal lessons.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37The film crew are going to be here for a year.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Ah, remember when you threw that apple at that teacher?
0:00:48 > 0:00:50I don't remember it, but he said,
0:00:50 > 0:00:52"Oh, yeah, you threw an apple at the teacher," and all that.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55The only part I remember is, like, being naughty
0:00:55 > 0:00:57and setting the fire alarm off
0:00:57 > 0:01:00cos they wanted me in for food in the hall.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Yeah, I want to get a good education,
0:01:02 > 0:01:03but I can't be arsed.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Too much effort. Yeah, it is.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10That's me on the left. My name's Liam.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14I come to this centre in Caerphilly every day.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17I'm on the first floor of this building.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19I don't go to school any more.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21It's part of an organisation called GrEW Wales
0:01:21 > 0:01:24which run centres like this for kids like me
0:01:24 > 0:01:27who have been excluded from classrooms.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29My school pays for my placement here.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Don't copy her word for word.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Read through it to help you understand.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37'I knew that they were going to be challenging kids,
0:01:37 > 0:01:39'cos I dealt with some of them during the summer,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42'but it was an eye-opener the first time I came.'
0:01:42 > 0:01:45No, stop it. Stop it. Ah, ah, ah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Pffrt.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48No, they're doing work now, so don't wind them up, please.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50That's for fish.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Filleting is like, get in and removing the bones.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58'Sometimes it can feel like it's a babysitting service.'
0:02:01 > 0:02:05'It might not look like it, but we do get some qualifications.'
0:02:06 > 0:02:10'It can be really rewarding job, but hard.'
0:02:10 > 0:02:11Susan!
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Argh!
0:02:13 > 0:02:16'I've broken down the lessons to a half hour.'
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Just to get them to sit down for a half hour,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21just to write a little bit, is quite difficult.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24This is the boss of our centre.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26She's Levi, and I think she's 25.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Behavioural children want attention.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33They will do anything so you're focusing on them.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Social and emotional children I find are vulnerable.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40They like to keep themselves to themselves.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43They won't really approach you
0:02:43 > 0:02:45unless they desperately need something.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48But the behavioural kids will be in your face.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51I fit into this category.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53The good thing is, with the job, it's never a dull day.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Two days are never the same, and that's what I enjoy about the job.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Although it can be difficult,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59it's a challenge,
0:02:59 > 0:03:02and sometimes you think to yourself, "What am I doing here?"
0:03:02 > 0:03:05INDISTINCT CHATTING
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Ryan's an assistant tutor here who was excluded from school himself
0:03:09 > 0:03:14and attended a centre like this, so he has some idea of how we feel.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Maybe at home they can't be the child that they want to be,
0:03:18 > 0:03:21so they come here and that's their time to let off the steam.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Now, I know that's not what we're here for,
0:03:23 > 0:03:25but we've got to look at backgrounds
0:03:25 > 0:03:28and look at things from their perspective.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Oh, don't break that. Oh, you cock, like.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33What the fuck? We all wanted to do something with that.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36All of us, and then you just fucking...
0:03:38 > 0:03:40I've been coming here for two years,
0:03:40 > 0:03:43and as I'm 16, I finish here this summer.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Liam, he has ADHD.
0:03:47 > 0:03:52He finds it difficult to sit down for long periods of time.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54There you go. Thank you, Liam.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I'm trying to train, I am, right now. Cos I'm, like, skinny.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00I'm trying to train and get fit so I can go into the Army.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02He does try his best, love him.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05He does try, and he does explain why he's feeling like this
0:04:05 > 0:04:09or why he feels angry one minute, why he feels happy the next minute.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12But then I get more angry at you and I start to swing a punch at you and...
0:04:12 > 0:04:16Cos he sees his dad as being hard, he sees him as a role model.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18The camera's, like, right on you.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23It's different from school. The girls can do beauty here.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Just file them a little, you can do the rest.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I'm just helping you out a bit.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36This is Susan. Her school sends her here three days a week.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Talk to your client, Susan.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42How are you, Shanice? You all right?
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Yeah. You sure?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48'I started struggling in year eight, I think it was.'
0:04:48 > 0:04:50I used to have really bad attitudes.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Didn't want to go to lessons,
0:04:52 > 0:04:53didn't want to do anything.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55It's not very professional.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57'Sue can be quite hot-headed at times.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59'She speaks before she thinks'
0:04:59 > 0:05:02and can come across quite aggressive to people that don't know her,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05but underneath she is a really lovely girl.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09'I've got a really bad temper.'
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Teacher tells me to do something,
0:05:11 > 0:05:14but I won't do it until, like, five minutes later,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16and I keep on, like...
0:05:16 > 0:05:19having attitude, and then I end up kicked out.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Oh, you don't have to file these down, do you? Well, it depends.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Are you going to have a colour over it?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26She is really capable. She's quite good with all things
0:05:26 > 0:05:28with beauty treatments,
0:05:28 > 0:05:30and she doesn't have to be supervised constantly
0:05:30 > 0:05:33cos she does know what she's doing.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Shanice travels 10 miles each way to the centre.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42I got kicked out of school and now I come here five days a week
0:05:42 > 0:05:45to do theatrical make-up and English and maths.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48School wasn't for me. It was boring.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Shanice and her friend Annabell were sent to the centre
0:05:51 > 0:05:53by their school at the same time.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55They've only been here for a little while.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59'Misbehaved, like, nearly every lesson.'
0:05:59 > 0:06:01We weren't allowed to smoke in school and that,
0:06:01 > 0:06:04and we were smoking. Us two got kicked out.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07We were a danger to all the year sevens and all this.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12We wasn't a danger. We just weren't setting the right example.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Can't be a danger to little kids by running round school.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30CHATTERING Oi-oi!
0:06:32 > 0:06:36Today we're taking the students boxing
0:06:36 > 0:06:39up in Merthyr,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42to burn off some energy that they've been building up over the weekend.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44And as you can tell,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46they're very boisterous at the moment, and excited.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Doo-ba-doo-ba-doo-ba!
0:06:48 > 0:06:50You took the wrong exit!
0:06:50 > 0:06:53No, we go the A470 way.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Michael!
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Speak to it. No, I'm driving, Michael.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Michael, it's dangerous what you're doing.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23I will do a U-turn
0:07:23 > 0:07:26if any of you have got your belts off,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28and I mean it.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Put your belts on now.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Look.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46You've been in the first aid box.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Even though the students were very boisterous in the minibus,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56you could tell that they were very excited.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02But to see them, actually, all six students,
0:08:02 > 0:08:05give it a go, have a try, put the gloves on...
0:08:05 > 0:08:08You could also see that they encouraged one another
0:08:08 > 0:08:11and they worked as a team and they were supporting one another
0:08:11 > 0:08:12when they were in the ring.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Liam, he was very eager.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20SHE LAUGHS
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I get confused, like, two, four, two!
0:08:23 > 0:08:26He wanted to get straight into the ring with a trainer,
0:08:26 > 0:08:29but we had to tell him first of all he has to warm up.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Myself as a youngster, I didn't do too well at school.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Boxing was a way of life for me,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43and I'll try and pass on the knowledge that I got.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Keep them focused in life,
0:08:45 > 0:08:47give them something to aim for.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Yeah, one more. There we go.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Me and Annabell are going to go in the ring together.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I honestly believe that it helped calm them down
0:08:58 > 0:09:01and it got all their energy and frustration out.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06That's it, protect yourself, Michael. Move around!
0:09:06 > 0:09:09You could see that Michael was really trying,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11putting all his effort into it.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15After the two minutes were up,
0:09:15 > 0:09:17he was sick.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Their behaviour was excellent,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26and I am very, very, very proud of them.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36It's not always a good day for the staff.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Everything was going fine.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39We had a very good morning,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42the students did their work when asked.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45We took them out for them to play football, do a bit of teamwork.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47That went really well.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52So we decided to take them to Morrisons
0:09:52 > 0:09:55to go and have ice cream.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58They were fine on the bus until Shanice and Annabell
0:09:58 > 0:10:00started shouting out the windows.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Go on! Go on!
0:10:02 > 0:10:04'Being very abusive to passers-by.'
0:10:04 > 0:10:06You! Start raving!
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Annabell! Annabell, done.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09Ryan and I warned them a few times.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Do not shout at people, please.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14THEY KEEP SHOUTING The police, guys. Guys! Guys!
0:10:14 > 0:10:16They saw a police car go past,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19and they were abusing them, shouting "pigs" through the window.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21Fuck the pigs. Fuck the 5-0.
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Fuck the 5-0.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24So I thought the best option was to take them
0:10:24 > 0:10:27straight back to the centre, because if they're like that
0:10:27 > 0:10:30in the van, what are they going to be like in the shop?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33I just could not risk that.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35They pure shit themselves.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Hiya!
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Whooo!
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Start raving with your...
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Annabell, you know you're on your last legs. Don't.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I'm turning this van around.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49'And that's when the students started to kick off.'
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Liam was punching the chair and swearing.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56BANGING Fucking shit.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01'Not one of these children scare me.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04'I think it's because I play rugby.'
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Fuck off. Liam, I mean it. Watch your behaviour.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09'From the day I started here,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12'I was not going to let any students make me feel threatened.'
0:11:12 > 0:11:15Do you think it's clever to abuse people out the window?
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Ah, my leg. One last chance.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Look at her, she's going on a rave.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Ryan! Are we having chicken curry?
0:11:28 > 0:11:29My legs have gone all week.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Are we having chicken curry? Why?
0:11:32 > 0:11:33HE SHOUTS
0:11:34 > 0:11:36You told me yesterday that's what we were having.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38'When we got out of the van then,'
0:11:38 > 0:11:42the students thought it'd be OK then to pick up the cones
0:11:42 > 0:11:46that another company uses and were shouting through the cones.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48THEY SHOUT AND WHOOP
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Get in there now. Why?
0:11:54 > 0:11:58'It's been a difficult outing, but it's not over yet.'
0:11:58 > 0:11:59You OK, Ry?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Oh, my God, Annabell and Shanice are going off site.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Annabell and Shanice are going off site. Have a look.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10'We're not allowed to leave the premises during school hours.'
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Yeah, but you know you'll get yourself into more trouble by going.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17'Ryan went to get them back.'
0:12:18 > 0:12:22'Annabell's already on her final warning because of her behaviour.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25'This could mean big trouble for her.'
0:12:25 > 0:12:28'We've tried a lot with Annabell.'
0:12:28 > 0:12:30We've given her chance after chance,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32but there are times where I think
0:12:32 > 0:12:34she feels that she can rule the roost.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39If Annabell was to leave, yeah, I would be disappointed,
0:12:39 > 0:12:43because I know that she is capable of going far in life.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Annabell, is this your last day?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47SHE LAUGHS
0:12:47 > 0:12:49We don't like to just push them out the door.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51That's not what we're here for.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53We signed up to the job knowing that we were going
0:12:53 > 0:12:55to be working with behavioural students.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58They came up the other day, the teachers from our school,
0:12:58 > 0:13:00and they were like, "Annabell, if you get kicked out
0:13:00 > 0:13:04"you're not coming back to school," and stuff like that.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09I don't think she realised that it was her last chance.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Although I explained to her, I don't know if she realised that
0:13:12 > 0:13:15there was going to be consequences this time to her actions.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Hey, try.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Watching but not joining in is Courtney.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24It's her second day here.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27She was bullied in school and got into fights.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Since, like, year seven, I got picked on.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Being called fat and, like, lesbian
0:13:36 > 0:13:39and four eyes and granny and stuff,
0:13:39 > 0:13:41cos I had a hearing aid.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44And it was hard to hear certain stuff in class,
0:13:44 > 0:13:46cos I'd be sitting at the back
0:13:46 > 0:13:48because I didn't want to sit at the front,
0:13:48 > 0:13:51cos that's where people would throw stuff at you.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55The school thinks that I'm not smart enough
0:13:55 > 0:13:58to get qualifications and GCSEs,
0:13:58 > 0:14:02and they push more towards people with higher grades
0:14:02 > 0:14:05so that the school has, like, a good reputation.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10I want to go to college to do drama,
0:14:10 > 0:14:12so I can be a drama teacher,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14but I can't do it if I'm here.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Levi is writing a report on Annabell's behaviour.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Her school will decide her future here.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34I know I can get through to these children.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38It is difficult, and it can be draining,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41but when you have a good day with them, sitting down,
0:14:41 > 0:14:42doing a bit of work,
0:14:42 > 0:14:46that is a sense of achievement, in my eyes.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Annabell was excluded from the centre
0:14:52 > 0:14:55and her school refused to have her back.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Since then she has been taught by a community tutor.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Levi's days at the centre were also numbered.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11The end of the summer term brought some bad news.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Changes at GrEW meant that centres across South Wales
0:15:15 > 0:15:17would have to close.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23In June 2015,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25due to falling student numbers,
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Caerphilly centre closed.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32It was tough, because I spent a year
0:15:32 > 0:15:35building up a relationship with my students,
0:15:35 > 0:15:37to be told then that
0:15:37 > 0:15:40I won't be going back to that centre.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46It's quite hard. That was quite hard to take.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Levi is still teaching,
0:15:49 > 0:15:52but in another school-based project with younger children.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00When the Caerphilly centre closed,
0:16:00 > 0:16:03all the students left, like Courtney and Susan, came here,
0:16:03 > 0:16:05in the headquarters of the organisation
0:16:05 > 0:16:07that is near Pontypridd.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10At the beginning of last academic year,
0:16:10 > 0:16:13we had four centres open.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17This September we will start with one super-centre in Gelli-Hirion.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18So Caerphilly,
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Blaenau Gwent and Bridgend centre have now all closed.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27We simply couldn't afford to keep all the centres open.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30It's the same story throughout secondary schools,
0:16:30 > 0:16:33is they simply haven't got the funding or the money
0:16:33 > 0:16:37to be able to pay for a provision like ours,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39even though there is a demand for it.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Over the summer,
0:16:43 > 0:16:45staff worked flat out to create the super-centre
0:16:45 > 0:16:47ready for the new term.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Ryan from Caerphilly is running the kitchen.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59It's an exciting day today,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02because we have our new students
0:17:02 > 0:17:03coming down from Bridgend.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Right, stop spraying her.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10They've come here for a look at the new facilities
0:17:10 > 0:17:12and to meet fellow students.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Suzanne, a student from Caerphilly centre,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25has chosen one of the catering qualifications.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Along with catering, hygiene and social development qualifications,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41a number of practical construction courses are on offer.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47There is also a theatrical make-up course.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Courtney, who'd come across from Caerphilly, has sat her exams
0:17:54 > 0:17:57and now has the equivalent of two GCSEs.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Literature, English, I had a C,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03and on my maths, I had an F, something like that,
0:18:03 > 0:18:07but I'm going to redo it and then I've got my maths tutor,
0:18:07 > 0:18:10so I can get a better score, because I want to work with kids,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13so I wouldn't be able to get the opportunity to work with them.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18Shanice, Leanne and Chloe left because they were older than me,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21so I was like, I was on my own, and then I made friends.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24I'd be happy to speak to anyone, like,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26when the people come for food,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I'd be more than happy to ask what them they want
0:18:28 > 0:18:32and have a conversation with them, whereas before I wouldn't.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35I'd let other people do it but now I'm more upfront
0:18:35 > 0:18:39and I'll say stuff and if I want to say something, I'll say it,
0:18:39 > 0:18:42so I'm more open, coming out of my shell more, like.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48I hated school. I didn't like it, I didn't like going,
0:18:48 > 0:18:51because it was just another day of, like, other people and noise
0:18:51 > 0:18:54and I couldn't really get on, but here, I prefer it.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58I'm a lot happier and I'm glad I'm here instead of in school.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07One of the new students is 15-year-old Tiegan.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14Tiegan is in with Mr Brooks, doing her maths.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19This is the first time she's gone into maths
0:19:19 > 0:19:21and she's doing really well.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Really proud.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26So she's missed Year 10 entirely.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29She's come back to us now after a year of being off school.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Sorry to interrupt. OK?
0:19:33 > 0:19:37How are you doing, Teeg? Doing really well. I've done maths
0:19:37 > 0:19:40and that. Well done.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42How do you feel? Good. Yeah?
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Did you enjoy it? Yeah.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47I like him, he's sound. Good.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52I didn't realise how nice that man was. He's lovely, isn't he?
0:19:52 > 0:19:56I didn't give him a chance, did I? No. But you have now, haven't you?
0:19:56 > 0:19:58But not even in primary school,
0:19:58 > 0:20:01I never gave anyone a chance like that. That's a big step for me.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07This is the most work I've done in ages in maths. Yeah, I know.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11The most work I've done in my life, probably, in maths.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12Still don't get it, though.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16But I want to go back to school.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Yeah, I know.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19And I will go back, trust me.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Have you noticed the school hasn't even bothered to ring me
0:20:24 > 0:20:27to see how I'm going? Or nothing.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30They would have rang you by now, trust me. They don't care.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32We'll keep trying.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37I'm holding on to something that's not going to happen.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39The only thing I want to do is
0:20:39 > 0:20:42have the feeling of being back into the school. Yeah.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Even if it's just once a week, once every two weeks.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48That's how much I want it.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56I never wanted to leave.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05You need a red pen now for the crosses.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12Well, let's see if you'll get any crosses first, Missus! Eh?
0:21:12 > 0:21:1324 out of 24.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Yes.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Wonderful job.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Stephen is hired to teach maths here twice a week.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Some of them are very bright, very intelligent children.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Others, then, have missed quite a lot of school throughout the years,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43they may have been excluded more than once,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45they've missed a lot of school,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48so they haven't really learnt a great deal of maths at all,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51so we've got a vast difference in ability.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54You can try and draw a cube to look like a cube in 3D.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56So what we find is the most effective
0:21:56 > 0:21:58is if you are on a one-to-one
0:21:58 > 0:22:03but obviously we can't do that with limited resources.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Right, you don't need your phone in maths, dear. Court, come on.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08We had an incident this morning
0:22:08 > 0:22:12where one of the girls was very reluctant to come into the class.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16No, I'm not going in there, they still have my phone. Where is it?
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Nathan's got it. I'll arrange for Nathan to bring your phone.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22At this moment in time...
0:22:22 > 0:22:24'Normally she's quite keen to do maths
0:22:24 > 0:22:28'but this morning somebody had spilled a drink over her
0:22:28 > 0:22:31'and that seemed to upset her no end'
0:22:31 > 0:22:37and she had to be persuaded to come in by a member of staff.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Quadrilaterals - any idea what that means?
0:22:41 > 0:22:42No?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Is it another way of drawing
0:22:44 > 0:22:47a four-sided shape that's not a rectangle or a square?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50What are we drawing? We call that...
0:22:50 > 0:22:54'Some of the kids give the impression to me that'
0:22:54 > 0:22:56they want to do well at school,
0:22:56 > 0:23:00but there's so many social problems and so on that, for one thing
0:23:00 > 0:23:04and another, they haven't really had the greatest of opportunities,
0:23:04 > 0:23:07but some of them do actually really want to learn.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13'Once she was in, she was absolutely fine. She got on with her work.'
0:23:13 > 0:23:16She was asking questions. She was taking part in the lesson
0:23:16 > 0:23:18and everything was really good,
0:23:18 > 0:23:22but it's an example of how easily distracted some of these people are.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24The slightest thing which happened
0:23:24 > 0:23:28and that can divert their attention from the work.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32All right?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35What are you doing?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37OK, then, you can...
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Do I look sexy in this? Oh, I don't know about that.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47I don't want to make those kind of comments.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48I like English. I don't like maths.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52I find maths really frustrating and it's hard
0:23:52 > 0:23:56and I just don't enjoy maths, but I'll do it if I have to.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02One of the issues at the centre is that a number of students smoke.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04I don't, for one.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09We don't want them to smoke, obviously, because
0:24:09 > 0:24:12it's not good for them, but if we tell them -
0:24:12 > 0:24:16you can't smoke - they will just run off or go somewhere and hide,
0:24:16 > 0:24:21they'll find places, they'll run away from you, so the best way to do
0:24:21 > 0:24:25it is to control it, so if they want a cigarette, we go out with them.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38The day starts off with a piece of toast and a glass of pop.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Ryan is no longer running the kitchen,
0:24:41 > 0:24:44as he left a few weeks ago.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47I'm not doing it.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Come on then, guys. Let's go, please.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Thank you. I'm wearing this, right?
0:24:53 > 0:24:58It's really important if we can... Obviously, you know...
0:24:58 > 0:25:00That they're here to do their courses,
0:25:00 > 0:25:03so you've got to keep them as calm as you can.
0:25:03 > 0:25:08But if you get one that's in a mood or not playing ball,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11or doesn't want to do their work, then it disrupts everybody else.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13So you've got to try and calm one down,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16then you have to calm the rest down and try and...
0:25:16 > 0:25:19"Come on now. We're doing our work." You know.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21They were a bit disruptive today.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25Tiegan was taking selfies, I was asking her not to.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Then she went out.
0:25:27 > 0:25:32What are you doing? She's fucking... Can you stop swearing?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35'With Nathan, because I sent
0:25:35 > 0:25:40'Nathan out cos he was just backchatting, being cheeky.'
0:25:40 > 0:25:41Go on then.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Aw! Calm down, please.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50I was kicked out of school because my behaviour wasn't acceptable
0:25:50 > 0:25:54and the help they were giving me weren't enough for me
0:25:54 > 0:25:57and I wasn't mature enough to be in mainstream at that time.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Just everything was too hard for me
0:25:59 > 0:26:03and I was just misbehaving to get attention for them to know
0:26:03 > 0:26:06that I was struggling, instead of telling them
0:26:06 > 0:26:08because I didn't want to be embarrassed.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11I felt um... I felt let down.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Useless and just disappointment to my family, really.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20Tiegan's upset because she's desperate to go back to school.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22She's pleading with the staff to help her.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Yeah, I will get there.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Yeah, but to the school, like Vicky said...
0:26:26 > 0:26:32I see my sister going to the school. It's horrible, like.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34I have to learn the song.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37If I wasn't such a failure, I'd be there as well.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Stop now. You're going down that road again. I'm... Just stop now!
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Right?
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Stop thinking negative, stop putting yourself down.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51I'd do anything to go back in to mainstream school. Anything.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Over the next few weeks, Tiegan's behaviour goes downhill and she gets
0:26:55 > 0:26:58involved with a serious incident involving a fire extinguisher.
0:26:58 > 0:27:02When people are doing stuff, I think, "Oh, I'll do that.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05"Looks fun." But then, it's not. The consequences ain't fun.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08It's just not fun, it's stupid really.
0:27:08 > 0:27:09I...I go...
0:27:09 > 0:27:14'one of the boys done it, then I ring all the fire thing out off him
0:27:14 > 0:27:17'and threw it, but they seen it on CCTV camera,'
0:27:17 > 0:27:19but I don't know what they're doing now about it.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24Trying to exclude me when I didn't do it. Oh, well.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28'I don't blame 'em if they exclude us all, to be honest.'
0:27:37 > 0:27:40The fire extinguisher incident was turning point.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43The group manager decided that the behaviour of some students
0:27:43 > 0:27:46was a danger not to only the students,
0:27:46 > 0:27:48but also to the people working in the building.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52As a result, a number of students were told
0:27:52 > 0:27:54they could no longer attend the centre.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58There are now only nine students on the books...
0:27:59 > 0:28:01..and one full-time member of staff.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Tiegan is barely holding on.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Oh, I love this song, guys.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Are you going to take your feet off the chair?
0:28:10 > 0:28:11Oh, but I'm starving!
0:28:11 > 0:28:13You are always starving, missus.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Gemma is now managing the class alone.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Tiegan's behaviour is excellent as she's knuckling down to some work.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Done.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Well done, Tiegan.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27SOUND EFFECTS ON PHONE
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Please stand up out of my chair.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Oh, Miss, I can't be bothered.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33No, come on.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Come on, 15 minutes, that's all we need to do.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Susan attends three days a week,
0:28:38 > 0:28:41but finds it difficult to sit down and work.
0:28:41 > 0:28:42I'm not reading.
0:28:44 > 0:28:45And a pen, please.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Courtney is much more confident.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51She's a different person now and hopes to get her qualifications.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57ALARM RINGS
0:29:01 > 0:29:04'Six months ago, I had an ambition.
0:29:06 > 0:29:07'I was gutted.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13'I wanted to go into the Army, I did.'
0:29:13 > 0:29:16I, er... I went...
0:29:16 > 0:29:18I started doing fitness training
0:29:18 > 0:29:21because I really wanted to go into it, cos you have to pass,
0:29:21 > 0:29:25they put you through a test they do to see what you're like
0:29:25 > 0:29:28and you have to pass it and they practically said to me,
0:29:28 > 0:29:31which is quite upsetting, that, er...
0:29:31 > 0:29:34I wasn't allowed in the army because I've got ADHD
0:29:34 > 0:29:38and that I needed to be off my medication for at least four years
0:29:38 > 0:29:40before I could go into the army.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46'Now that my dreams of joining the army were shattered,
0:29:46 > 0:29:48'I moved on and applied for college.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54'I passed, I did, the interview,
0:29:54 > 0:29:58'so now I'm succeeding my way through plumbing'
0:29:58 > 0:30:02because I'm doing multi-skilling - I'm doing plumbing,
0:30:02 > 0:30:06brickwork, carpentry and painting and decorating, I am.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12'I now live with my father, my stepmother and my sisters.'
0:30:12 > 0:30:15INDISTINCT TALK, CHILD BABBLES
0:30:15 > 0:30:16Stop being naughty.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30'School wasn't for me,
0:30:30 > 0:30:34'but being taught at Grew, I had an opportunity.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36'I was there for two years, but now I'm in college.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43'I think I miss Ryan out of all of it because I know I argued with him
0:30:43 > 0:30:45'a lot, but I actually looked up to him
0:30:45 > 0:30:49'because he was, like, tidy to me all the time.'
0:30:59 > 0:31:01But with the changes that have happened,
0:31:01 > 0:31:04there are only nine students attending the centre now.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10They tell me money and education is tight,
0:31:10 > 0:31:12so what's the future for kids like me?
0:31:14 > 0:31:15Who will have us?