0:00:02 > 0:00:05This programme contains some strong language
0:00:05 > 0:00:07- You've been asked to leave the classroom.- I'm not coming.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10- Who do you think you are, speaking to me like that?- Go away!
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Who do you think you are?
0:00:12 > 0:00:14If you don't want me to speak to you like that, then go away.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16I won't be going away.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18- Because I'm not coming... - I will not be going away.
0:00:20 > 0:00:26Last year, over 146,000 kids were excluded from classrooms.
0:00:26 > 0:00:293,900 on a permanent basis.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32- Oi.- No, nothing's going to happen.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35- I'm talking to you.- No, nothing's going to happen outside.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41One school in Birmingham is trying a totally different approach.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47Their mission is to teach disruptive and excluded kids.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Chelsea, have you got at least one detail
0:00:50 > 0:00:52about the forest so far?
0:00:52 > 0:00:55If they are off task, sir, I will have them.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Bring your paper and we will have a look on the couch.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- I ain't putting up with this any more.- Putting up with what?
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Lack of effort, chatting, distracting others.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- I'm not distracting no-one! - Well, you are not doing any work.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09They've made their kids a promise -
0:01:09 > 0:01:12they will get them five GCSEs.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Go on, you read it out.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19When it rained the...ch-chalk...
0:01:19 > 0:01:21At the moment the reading age it's giving you
0:01:21 > 0:01:23is that of an eight-year-old.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27In the build-up to the exams...
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Well done, all the best.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Nice and mature.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Good luck, Chels.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37You can be sick on your paper, but after you have put something on it.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40..we follow the staff and pupils to see
0:01:40 > 0:01:42if the school can deliver on that promise.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48They are our kids. They come through that door when they are
0:01:48 > 0:01:5211 years old, and this is our one chance.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54I don't want to waste that chance.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57And I am not saying at all we get it right with every one.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58But we are going to try.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00OK, you can begin.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Seven miles from Birmingham city centre is Baverstock Academy.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22It's a large comprehensive school with 1,000 students.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30In the corner of its playground,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34they have created a department to teach excluded and disruptive kids.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Called LEAP, it's got its own set of rules,
0:02:43 > 0:02:47its own gate and its own head - Martin Phipps.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Who didn't get to school on time this morning?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Right, let's start with the first...
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Uh-uh. Let's start with the first excuse.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Why?- I don't know, it was traffic. - Poor excuse.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- I was on the same bus as him. - On the same bus as him?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03All right, get in. Eh, shoes?
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Eh, eh, come here, you.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Chelsea...
0:03:09 > 0:03:13- What?- Good morning, darling, did you have a nice half term?
0:03:13 > 0:03:17- Yeah, nice actually. - Uh, Chels?- What?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Oh-ho-ho! Good morning, George.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27George's mum and myself had a very interesting conversation
0:03:27 > 0:03:30this morning. George was convinced we broke up yesterday.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34And his excuse was,
0:03:34 > 0:03:36"I've worked so hard, I deserve an extra day off."
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Go on, in you go.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Eh, I want to see more of that smile, all right?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46And I also want to see more of the work that you did yesterday too.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Good boy.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52You know there's always that one that does
0:03:52 > 0:03:54everything for everybody else and always gets caught?
0:03:54 > 0:03:59Meet George. Wants to be a part, great personality,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02but just hasn't got the strength of character to say no.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I was in mainstream lessons.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Then I went from there to Focus,
0:04:09 > 0:04:17into a... It was outside in a little box with loads of other people.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Then I moved from there to learning support.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23I was doing fine in there,
0:04:23 > 0:04:27but they said, "Next year, you're going to be moving into LEAP."
0:04:27 > 0:04:30So I ended up in here in the end.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31And I prefer it in here.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39George can find himself in trouble not of his own making.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Um, he's left the building.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43I've got his mum coming to pick George up.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Right. Cos there was something involved with it.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51It's been bubbling for months and months and months.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54- But I thought it had gone quiet. - OK, I'll look at...
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Year 11 jumped George.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02George gave the mouth back. It's a big, stocky Year 11.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Fortunately, I was about this close to it as it kicked off.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10He just come past me looking at me.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12Then he stopped and then he grabbed me,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15and loads of people started circling me.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18LEAP staff are experienced at dealing with situations like this.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21You're doing all the right things, George, you're calming down.
0:05:23 > 0:05:30Obviously, if somebody smashed a glass frame over my head...
0:05:30 > 0:05:35- You what, mate?- It don't bother me. - It don't bother you? It should do.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Right, you sit down and chill. Thank you.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Come here.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47So far, you have done everything right. Don't blow it now, OK?
0:05:49 > 0:05:53- Mr Phipps, is my nan there now? - Say again please?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Is my nan coming up?
0:05:55 > 0:06:00Oi. Move on, OK? You were involved in an incident.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02You are not mature enough to deal with it. Move on.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Do not escalate it, OK? Your nan is coming up. Why? Because she cares.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12So say, "Nan, sorry to inconvenience you.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15"It happened. I tried to get away from it.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18"Unfortunately, I tried to throw a bin at Mr Phipps. But hey-ho."
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Did I get in fights as a child?
0:06:24 > 0:06:31I wish I could say no, but unfortunately, I must say yes. Em...
0:06:31 > 0:06:33far too many, I am afraid to say.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38But I did move school one, two,
0:06:38 > 0:06:42three, four, five times
0:06:42 > 0:06:46in three years. And it used to be, "You new?"
0:06:46 > 0:06:48"Yes, I'm new." "Can you fight?"
0:06:48 > 0:06:49"No." Smack.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51"Are you new?" "Yes, I'm new."
0:06:51 > 0:06:54"Can you fight?" Then I'd smack.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57So the same question, it was just a question of who got
0:06:57 > 0:07:01the first punch in. It's called survival.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05So I understand where some of these kids are coming from.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Because it's a different world that side of the gate
0:07:08 > 0:07:09from this side of the gate.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12They are safe this side of the gate, cos we ensure it.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16But...I can't control what goes on out there.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Here is the biggy with you lot, guys. How many of you...?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23George is easily distracted.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25In previous classrooms he's frequently been
0:07:25 > 0:07:27sent home for playing up.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32How often do you write lots of words and lines without your commas?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Without your full stops and...?
0:07:34 > 0:07:38George was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of nine.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42Try and use a wide range of adjectives in your story.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Go on, you read it out.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Sh, shray...
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Read every single word before you decide, OK?
0:07:50 > 0:07:52He's been in LEAP just four months.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56They decide to re-test his reading ability.
0:07:56 > 0:08:02- Chalk.- Chalk...draw...ings...
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- Good boy.- ..they made on the...
0:08:05 > 0:08:06volume.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12The ship sail...sailed into the
0:08:12 > 0:08:16safe...safety of the...sand?
0:08:16 > 0:08:19What you think? You put what you think.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- Excellent work.- Well done.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27You answered all 25 questions, OK, you worked really well there.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29At the moment, the reading age that it's giving you
0:08:29 > 0:08:31is that of an eight-year-old.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35- OK, OK?- It's nothing new, honestly. Loads of kids...
0:08:35 > 0:08:39That's how it is, that's where we're starting out with a lot of you.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43- It's not a problem.- We'll get you a colour, you can pick a book.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47And then we'll bring it over to LEAP and keep it.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- This one.- Don't Be Horrid, Henry. Do you want that one?
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Yeah. Don't be Horrid, Henry.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55'I'm not shocked about his reading age at all.'
0:08:55 > 0:08:57This will be across schools across the country.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00You sit at the back and don't raise too many questions,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03and the teacher, because of the sheer volume of kids she deals with,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05they can just slip through the system.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09LEAP will now give George one-on-one reading sessions to help him.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Right, come on, I am going to hear one page today,
0:09:14 > 0:09:16because I'm going to date it, sign it
0:09:16 > 0:09:20and you are going to start your new beginning!
0:09:20 > 0:09:24- Go on.- "Henry was a horrible baby."
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- Horrid.- "Horrid baby."
0:09:26 > 0:09:32George is classified as having special educational needs.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- "Who's my little..."- Plumpikins.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- "Plumpkins."- Plumpikins!
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Well done, well done.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Nationally, 70% of kids permanently excluded from school
0:09:46 > 0:09:49have special educational needs.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Head of Baverstock Academy Thomas Marshall set up LEAP
0:09:57 > 0:10:00as he is opposed to excluding any child and denying them
0:10:00 > 0:10:02a chance of a mainstream education.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06We are not on a crusade at all.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10It's just about, they're our kids, they come through the door
0:10:10 > 0:10:13when they are 11 years old and...
0:10:15 > 0:10:17..this is our one chance,
0:10:17 > 0:10:21and I don't want to waste that chance. And I am not saying
0:10:21 > 0:10:24at all we get it right with every one, but we are going to try.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30You OK, Miss?
0:10:33 > 0:10:35By placing the disruptive kids in LEAP,
0:10:35 > 0:10:39he is seeing improvements across the school.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44It's just nice to see students on task and learning,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46and actually in the classrooms.
0:10:47 > 0:10:53The area of my circle is pie r squared...
0:10:53 > 0:10:55But he is determined the kids in LEAP
0:10:55 > 0:10:58still get an equal opportunity to be educated.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04What LEAP has allowed the school to be able to
0:11:04 > 0:11:07benefit from is that the student can come out of that class where
0:11:07 > 0:11:11they are disrupting and go into LEAP and get the support that is needed,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14and the rest of the 29 students in that class are able to learn.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16And the teacher is able to teach,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18and they are able to teach to a higher level.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27Across England, many excluded kids end up in pupil referral units,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30where less than 20% get five GCSEs.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38The challenge the headmaster has set LEAP
0:11:38 > 0:11:43is to get 100% of its kids five GCSEs at grade C.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Can I smoke my fag though, sir?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- No, darling.- Please.- No. - I've got a lesson.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Right, you've got one or two more periods.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Can you survive for another hour?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55She's got morning, I've got a lesson.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59- 15-year-old Chelsea is LEAP's conundrum.- No.- Please!
0:11:59 > 0:12:00She's bright, but can't focus.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05I didn't start here, I got chucked out of another school,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07and then I came here.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08I dunno...
0:12:08 > 0:12:13I just find school hard, very hard. I don't like school,
0:12:13 > 0:12:18so that's probably one of the reasons! Cos I don't enjoy school.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20I suppose if I enjoyed it I would be all right,
0:12:20 > 0:12:21but I don't, so...
0:12:21 > 0:12:23I just clash with everybody.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Well, teachers.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28No-one else.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32An octopus or a...? S-Q...
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Squid, isn't it?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Most of the time, Chelsea is well-behaved,
0:12:37 > 0:12:40but her attention can wander.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Chelsea, have you got at least one detail about the forest so far?
0:12:43 > 0:12:46From the first paragraph, have you found a detail about the forest?
0:12:46 > 0:12:51- A fact about the forest?- If they are off task, sir, I will have them.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53And I will phone home and put them on study,
0:12:53 > 0:12:58because if they don't get it right now, we are wasting our time.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Bring your paper and we'll have a look on the couch. Come on.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- Why?- Because I want to.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06Now, the next question won't be a question, it will be an order.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Chelsea is one of 30 kids from LEAP who will be
0:13:09 > 0:13:12sitting their GCSEs in six weeks' time.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- I ain't putting up with this any more.- Putting up with what?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Lack of effort, chatting, distracting others.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19I'm not distracting no-one!
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Well, you're not doing any work, so therefore...
0:13:21 > 0:13:23That doesn't mean I'm distracting anybody.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24They are distracting you, then,
0:13:24 > 0:13:28- aren't they? Because you are not doing any work.- How's that my fault?
0:13:28 > 0:13:33So what do you want to do? I don't mind. Your choice.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Don't even talk to them as you go in.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Bring your work, let's have a look.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Watch your mouth otherwise your day's going to be very short.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Someone's bag got robbed and someone's coat and keys,
0:13:48 > 0:13:50so I don't really like leaving my stuff any more.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52She is kicking off and being disobedient
0:13:52 > 0:13:56and creating issues because she just doesn't want to engage.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59We have to find out why she doesn't want to engage,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02because underneath all of that is a very smart, able child.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04And I need to find out how I can reach her.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07The moment we can do that, we can move her forward.
0:14:07 > 0:14:08It's going to be fun.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13Before they arrive at LEAP,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16many of the kids are out of school for several months.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24Across England, Ofsted estimates that 10,000 kids were
0:14:24 > 0:14:27missing from full-time education in 2013.
0:14:30 > 0:14:3215-year-old Chloe has missed ten months.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35On your maths book, it's a brand-new maths book.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38And someone has put "slag" on the front cover.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Right, someone's put "slag" on the front cover.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Chloe can be disruptive in class and suffers from bullying.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50'Bullied quite a lot in Year 7.'
0:14:50 > 0:14:52Just the way I looked and stuff
0:14:52 > 0:14:55cos I didn't fit in with everyone else.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57HE MUMBLES
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Her book was just sitting on top like that.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- Yeah.- Whether it happened this morning, I don't know.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03This isn't just your lesson,
0:15:03 > 0:15:05it happens in every lesson, apparently, she's saying.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Oh, every lesson.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12A girl thought that I liked someone that she was seeing
0:15:12 > 0:15:15so she started loads of arguments all the time.
0:15:15 > 0:15:19I couldn't have Facebook or Blackberry Messenger
0:15:19 > 0:15:24or anything cos she'd do stuff on there.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29She put up pictures of other people's body parts
0:15:29 > 0:15:32saying that they was mine and stuff.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35It's ten days she'd been out of school for, or nine,
0:15:35 > 0:15:37and to come back and find that on her book,
0:15:37 > 0:15:41which is a brand-new book...
0:15:41 > 0:15:44I don't like being hated by everybody.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47I just come to school so I can get a good job when I'm older...
0:15:48 > 0:15:50..and have better life for myself.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Apparently... I mean, I wasn't aware of this, was you?
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Each time she has a book, somebody graffitis it with the word "slag".
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Find out who all of her teachers are.
0:16:00 > 0:16:06- Tell sir it's his responsibility for that book.- OK, thank you.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08When you think, if kids were just coming to school
0:16:08 > 0:16:10to be educated, it would be a good job, wouldn't it?
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Unfortunately, that's only part of our job these days.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Just be aware I have addressed the situation.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20Everybody is aware and everybody is going to be vigilant, all right?
0:16:20 > 0:16:23And if you get another book and somebody's written on it,
0:16:23 > 0:16:25I want them over in LEAP,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28so at least I have a catalogue of the writing.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- All right?- All right, thanks. - OK, darling.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- See you tomorrow.- Bye.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37I mean, she used to cry all the time
0:16:37 > 0:16:39and it used to get us all down,
0:16:39 > 0:16:42because, obviously, you feel like you're failing as a parent.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44She couldn't even go out the house.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48Literally, you know, to the shop or stuff,
0:16:48 > 0:16:49because somebody would make a comment
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- on what they'd heard at school. - I went through a similar thing
0:16:52 > 0:16:56and left school quite early with no GCSEs or anything.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59And I... We've spoke about it, haven't we?
0:16:59 > 0:17:03I've said to her, you know, I don't want the same thing for you.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04I was home schooling her for a while.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I used to go and fetch the work from school every day
0:17:07 > 0:17:10and bring it home and sit every day, good as gold,
0:17:10 > 0:17:11get all the work done.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13I would take it back, get another lot.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16And it worked quite well, didn't it, for a while?
0:17:16 > 0:17:20But then obviously it's come to a point now where I need to find work.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Baverstock Academy sits in the heart
0:17:32 > 0:17:35of an economically-deprived part of Birmingham.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Nationally, kids from areas like this
0:17:40 > 0:17:43are far more likely to be permanently excluded.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Many end up in pupil referral units where each place costs
0:17:49 > 0:17:51upwards of £12,000 a year.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57LEAP's costs are half that price.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04But the school's policy of inclusion is not without its challenges.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Is he all right? How many mugged him?
0:18:08 > 0:18:12He went to the shops with his sister who's pregnant and they jumped him?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17On a scale of 1 to 10, how hurt is he?
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Right, you tell him I need him in school ASAP, OK?
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Cos I do not want this to spoil his future.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27All right. Appreciate that one.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Each child is given a mentor.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35So make your decision - what are you going to do?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Cos if you refuse to go back to lesson,
0:18:37 > 0:18:40I'm going to have to have your mum up.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41- I don't care.- OK, then.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47The kids have personal timetables based on what they can achieve.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Because you're in such a good mood this morning
0:18:51 > 0:18:53with a nice smile on your face,
0:18:53 > 0:18:55am I going to get two periods from you or three periods from you?
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Two. I've got to go out, meet my mum.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Right. I need a note to say that as well, OK?
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Go on, then, darling. All right.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Do I do two hours a day now?
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- I did say two, didn't I? - Yeah.- Yeah.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10I'll always try and get that extra one from you
0:19:10 > 0:19:12but two I'll be happy with.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Government guidelines are, you provide 25 hours of teaching a week.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22And when OFSTED visited me the first time and the second time
0:19:22 > 0:19:27and the third time, it's a question that I just have to be honest about.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30I cannot provide 25 hours.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31And...
0:19:33 > 0:19:35..they came to the same conclusion that I came to.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37CAR HORN BEEPS
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Erm, you know, these children, these students
0:19:41 > 0:19:44get up, they travel to school,
0:19:44 > 0:19:48they attend school for one hour, two hours or three hours.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Then they go home. There's a routine -
0:19:51 > 0:19:54these are children that wouldn't have routines.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Let's look at the alternative -
0:19:56 > 0:19:58if they weren't in school, where would they be?
0:20:02 > 0:20:06LEAP's main focus has been to help all their kids pass five GCSEs.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12But this year, the government has imposed new targets.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17They've made it compulsory that all children must get maths and
0:20:17 > 0:20:22English at minimum grade C or face resitting them until they are 18.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27If I've got 2x squared, times 2x squared, that would be...
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Maths is Chelsea's weakest subject.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35What I could do to signify that and have x + 1 on each side...
0:20:36 > 0:20:37What?
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Chelsea, put yourself in the chill room, please, darling.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Put yourself in the chill room, please, darling.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47As I walked out the room,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Mr Keeves was standing there and instantly you turned away.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Now I don't think you did any talking
0:20:53 > 0:20:55but you actually turned away.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57What message have you given?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- I didn't realise that I turned my back on him.- I know...
0:21:00 > 0:21:03That's good because you didn't realise
0:21:03 > 0:21:07cos what we're saying to you, you're not realising that you did that, OK?
0:21:07 > 0:21:08And you acknowledge that.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Communication and the strategies between you and sir don't exist.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16I've got a very easy solution, non-negotiable.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20For the remainder of this week, you will do period four or five.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23- I don't want to do one-to-one. - Oh, yes, you will.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27You will do four or five for this relationship to be rebuilt.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29That's non-negotiable, and I'm not having a go...
0:21:29 > 0:21:30SHE MUMBLES
0:21:30 > 0:21:33All you have to do is period four or five for the rest of the week,
0:21:33 > 0:21:34problem solved. Thank you.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38Talk to sir and Mrs Cole about how it's going to be dealt with,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41and if not, if you go out this door and it's not resolved,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43then I'm going to have your parents up.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46I hate the way he speaks to me.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- FEMALE:- In what way, what is it? - It's patronising.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- MR KEEVES:- Well, if I am patronising, I simp...
0:21:54 > 0:21:55I really do not mean to be.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59If I don't get something, you point it out to everyone.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Well, if we're working one-to-one, that won't be a problem.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06The only thing I don't like about you is the fact that you do disrupt
0:22:06 > 0:22:10the lessons, you don't do things that I ask you to do straightaway,
0:22:10 > 0:22:16but as a person and as your maths ability, as I know, is good,
0:22:16 > 0:22:20I know that you're capable of getting a GCSE in maths, that...
0:22:20 > 0:22:22and I like you as a person.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25It's always your lesson, your lesson, that I get in trouble.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- OK.- So it's not just me.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Cos if it was just me, it'd happen in English, it would happen
0:22:32 > 0:22:35in leisure and tourism, it'd happen in whatever lesson I was in.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- That's how I know it's not just me. - OK.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40OK, you've said that, now that's good,
0:22:40 > 0:22:43cos you've said how you feel, haven't you? Yeah?
0:22:45 > 0:22:47And he's said how he feels.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51So maybe working that one-to-one over the next few days will overcome
0:22:51 > 0:22:56all that and understand each other a little bit better.
0:22:56 > 0:23:01I think it's a good thing. I really do.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Is that all right, then? - I suppose so.- Thank you.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09Come back... Come tomorrow with that, yeah? OK?
0:23:11 > 0:23:13- Right, then. OK, then.- OK?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Case over!
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Any percentage that you can see,
0:23:19 > 0:23:23you can rewrite it as that number over 100.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24'What do we do different in here
0:23:24 > 0:23:26'than we do in a mainstream environment?
0:23:26 > 0:23:27'That's quite interesting.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30I've had nine teacher friends say, "Why aren't they just thrown out?'
0:23:30 > 0:23:33"If they don't value education, just get rid of them,"
0:23:33 > 0:23:37and, "Surely the parents must be able to control them."
0:23:38 > 0:23:40But it's not about control
0:23:40 > 0:23:42and it's not about where they're coming from.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44It's about where they're going.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48'Because of the size of the groups that we teach here, five, six,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51'seven and eight, the kids know that we have that empathy with them,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53'that we'll support them,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56'that we'll unpick that baggage, we'll tell them'
0:23:56 > 0:23:58that it's not their fault or how to deal with it,
0:23:58 > 0:24:01or to focus on their GCSES or to focus on their future
0:24:01 > 0:24:05and to move themselves from that situation because they know
0:24:05 > 0:24:10we care...and that's the most important thing about what we do.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12We care. We have a relationship with them
0:24:12 > 0:24:14and their parents and we will never throw them out
0:24:14 > 0:24:17we'll always give them the tomorrow to come back and have a fresh start.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21- Come on.- Oh, sir, why are you going to choose this way?
0:24:21 > 0:24:22Cos it's the quickest, come on!
0:24:24 > 0:24:2815-year-old Andre is one of LEAP's success stories.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Two years ago, he was in a pupil referral unit
0:24:31 > 0:24:33and almost unteachable.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37I was just argumentative. I must have called...
0:24:37 > 0:24:40What did I say now? I called the teacher something,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43I had my last chance and I must have called the teacher something
0:24:43 > 0:24:48and then they must have ripped my sharing panel forms
0:24:48 > 0:24:52and they just sent me home and told me not to come back until they call,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55and then I didn't even go back.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I don't know if I want to get kicked out of school
0:24:59 > 0:25:02cos this is the last chance saloon, innit?
0:25:02 > 0:25:05I don't want to be living on the street and that.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09I'm going to pass you a photograph.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12The photographs are taken in the city of Leicester.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Andre is predicted to pass five GCSEs.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17With a range of adjectives in it...
0:25:17 > 0:25:21The challenge for LEAP is to insure he stays on track.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Andre. Move.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Agh! You waster!
0:25:29 > 0:25:34I've got a quality teacher giving you a fantastic opportunity
0:25:34 > 0:25:36to pass your GCSE English.
0:25:36 > 0:25:41Why, therefore, do I have to sit there and watch you poke somebody
0:25:41 > 0:25:47- with a pen under the table.- He poked me, so I poked him back. That's it.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- One, two, three, four... - I only done it once.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55- I counted four.- I only done it once. - I counted four.- I only hit him once.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- Ah, I didn't say how many times I saw you hit him.- OK.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02- No, it's not OK, cos you...- I didn't say it was OK. I said OK.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Now you are sitting on the couch because I can't trust you
0:26:05 > 0:26:08in one of the most important subjects you're going to be taught.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14What do you want me to do with you?
0:26:14 > 0:26:17You should be a model student in there. You should be walking around
0:26:17 > 0:26:20ten feet tall, telling everybody how brilliant you are
0:26:20 > 0:26:22and how many exams you're going to pass.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24I'm disappointed in the fact that you don't understand
0:26:24 > 0:26:27how important that subject is to you.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Whenever possible, LEAP will
0:26:35 > 0:26:39try to integrate their kids back into mainstream classes.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Exclusion is turned into inclusion.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51- Hiya.- All right? There you go.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56Today, Andre is attending his first math's lesson in the main school.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59As long as it's different from what's up there,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01we want to put as many as we can, there's 16 different ones...
0:27:01 > 0:27:05'The transformation he's made over the last year'
0:27:05 > 0:27:08is huge, he's learning... As I say to him often,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11he's made more progress than anybody else I've got.
0:27:11 > 0:27:16But his starting base was so low, it was just off the scale.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20If I'd had him for another year, he'd be in second set probably.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27Moving Andre back into mainstream classes means he's on track
0:27:27 > 0:27:32to pass his GCSEs and fulfil his ambitions of becoming a fireman.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34- INTERVIEWER:- What draws you to being a fireman?
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Huh? I dunno, just helping,
0:27:36 > 0:27:40just helping people and I think I can do it, so...
0:27:40 > 0:27:44I think I'll be good at it, so I just chose to try to see
0:27:44 > 0:27:45if it'll work out for me.
0:27:49 > 0:27:5215-year-old Chloe also splits her lesson time
0:27:52 > 0:27:54between the main school and LEAP.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Come on in, then, sweet.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02The school has clamped down on the bullying
0:28:02 > 0:28:04but her attendance is still poor.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08OK, so really it's just a catch-up now, to see how things are going.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Your attendance is about
0:28:10 > 0:28:14- at least 20% below the national average.- Yeah.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18I know up to now, you've had chunks of time off school
0:28:18 > 0:28:21and you've always managed to come back and sort of catch up because
0:28:21 > 0:28:24you're a bright girl, you really are a bright girl,
0:28:24 > 0:28:29but the pace picks up in year 11 and things are going to get harder,
0:28:29 > 0:28:31so if you continue to have time off,
0:28:31 > 0:28:35- you're going to find it harder and harder to catch up.- Yeah.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38So have you got any worries or issues
0:28:38 > 0:28:41outside in the classrooms at the moment? Are you getting any
0:28:41 > 0:28:46verbal bullying or hearsay bullying, passed on from another person?
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Not face-to-face in the school,
0:28:48 > 0:28:52- like, outside of school for the past week...- Yeah?
0:28:52 > 0:28:54..it's always... It's for, some reason...
0:28:54 > 0:28:59It's always around 11 o'clock on the night, I'm getting phone calls.
0:28:59 > 0:29:00So you either think...
0:29:00 > 0:29:04you're going to make the decision, "I want to go to the police..."
0:29:06 > 0:29:08..or you are going to make that decision,
0:29:08 > 0:29:09"I want that number blocked,"
0:29:09 > 0:29:12but, either way, I feel you should be doing something.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14I can have a word with Mum if you prefer?
0:29:14 > 0:29:20I think being in LEAP where there's less people to communicate with
0:29:20 > 0:29:25and more time one-on-one with the teachers to learn subjects
0:29:25 > 0:29:28that you're struggling with and things...
0:29:28 > 0:29:30It's easier to be in LEAP,
0:29:30 > 0:29:34where you can have one-on-one sessions with teachers.
0:29:34 > 0:29:35I think it's easier.
0:29:40 > 0:29:45Baverstock Academy works hard to protect their pupils,
0:29:45 > 0:29:49but cannot always control what happens out of school.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Unfortunately, we had an incident yesterday,
0:29:53 > 0:29:57where one of our boys was jumped by a few of the other boys
0:29:57 > 0:30:04in the alleyway down here. Er, for want of a better word, an ambush.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Um, five, possibly six on one.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12They've all been put out while the police do their investigations.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16Um, the young man we've arranged taxis for,
0:30:16 > 0:30:18to get him in and out of school for this week.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Unfortunately, he hasn't come today.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Obviously, still recovering from the punching he had yesterday.
0:30:25 > 0:30:30Andre was one of the six boys from LEAP involved in the attack.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35The school must consider excluding all the boys,
0:30:35 > 0:30:38if they are assessed to be a threat to other pupils.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44I think this place now at the moment is not safe, is it?
0:30:44 > 0:30:48- No.- And the effect that, if we bring these kids back,
0:30:48 > 0:30:53in any kind of manner, the effect it's going to have on years to come.
0:30:53 > 0:30:58But you know, you've also got Year 9s and 8s who will know these lads.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00They will know what they've done
0:31:00 > 0:31:03and they will think it's OK to do the same.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06- HE SIGHS - Tough call, innit?
0:31:06 > 0:31:09I know, I mean, is just having them back
0:31:09 > 0:31:12showing to them and to the rest of the group here
0:31:12 > 0:31:16that it really doesn't matter what you do...
0:31:16 > 0:31:19You can go and beat the shit out of somebody down there -
0:31:19 > 0:31:20pardon the language -
0:31:20 > 0:31:23but still come back to school.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27These five boys intended to hurt this kid.
0:31:27 > 0:31:33And...if I just say, "That's it, put them out,"
0:31:33 > 0:31:38we haven't changed their views on their future.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Do you think that we, as providers,
0:31:40 > 0:31:44should still give these kids an opportunity to still turn it around?
0:31:44 > 0:31:49Even if they were in a detention centre-cum-whatever,
0:31:49 > 0:31:51- they would still be educated. - I know. I agree.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53And that is what we've got to look at.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57No matter what, they would still be expecting to have an education.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59And it doesn't cut well with me.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02It really doesn't. It goes against the grain. But also...
0:32:02 > 0:32:06My other side of things is that I'm here to educate children.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08They need an education.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11All right, we're prepared to work until five a couple of days
0:32:11 > 0:32:14and they come in 3:30 until five o'clock
0:32:14 > 0:32:16and do an hour and a half that way.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20- Why not?- Like...? - Offer it 3:30 till five.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- They won't come in for five, but the offer's there, isn't it?- During...
0:32:23 > 0:32:25We can be flexible with time of day.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27- We can work till five.- During... - We're professionals.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29It's a fantastic option.
0:32:29 > 0:32:34You guys all putting yourself out for kids that...
0:32:34 > 0:32:39- As Karen says, we're often here till five or near anyway.- Yeah, so...- OK.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Right, I'll give that some thought during the course of the day.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- Thank you for sharing my dilemma. - That's all right.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48But I think you'll agree we can't just wash our hands with these kids.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Baverstock Academy decides not to exclude the six boys,
0:32:54 > 0:32:59but in order to protect the victim, they are taught out of school hours.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05- Do you understand why I was annoyed?- Yeah.- Good.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- You're never going to do it again? - Nah, nah.- Good.
0:33:13 > 0:33:14I've done half of it.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18If you were still here, I'd throw you out, you know that?
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- Yeah?- Have you not done the work?- No.- No.
0:33:21 > 0:33:25- Do you know what? You've let me down.- It's hard, man!
0:33:25 > 0:33:27I tried to do it. It's hard.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30So guess what you're going to be taking home for homework
0:33:30 > 0:33:33and guess where you'll be coming back on Friday afternoon?
0:33:33 > 0:33:34That's your homework.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37All this, we'll put aside, but that's your homework.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41Conditions are placed on Andre and the other boys.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44They will have to sit their GCSEs off-site.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50For me, if you exclude a child, you know,
0:33:50 > 0:33:53how can you ever break that cycle that they're in and...
0:33:53 > 0:33:56and they become parents and they know no different.
0:33:56 > 0:34:01That school wasn't successful for them and that, you know,
0:34:01 > 0:34:02education doesn't work.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07The first step in breaking that cycle
0:34:07 > 0:34:10is identifying the children who need help and intervening early.
0:34:13 > 0:34:18Baverstock Academy has a dedicated team of behavioural specialists.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Did we do work experience at a hairdresser's?
0:34:22 > 0:34:24You can't stay in school with pink hair.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Helen Price is head of the team.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30It's very colour pretty pink.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33OK, cool, right, you get yourself off down to Bip.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Miss is waiting there for you. You know where it is, don't you?
0:34:36 > 0:34:38- Yeah.- Back of the hall. All right, Jess?- Fine.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42I have got some updates from Charelle.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Helen meets with the heads of year regularly
0:34:44 > 0:34:47to decide who needs to be moved to LEAP.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50It's better, it's much better than it was.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53He went through a real phase of being really quite disruptive
0:34:53 > 0:34:57and putting him in Focus definitely made a difference,
0:34:57 > 0:35:01That has improved his behaviour no end.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05He's got 52 negative e-portals and is in Focus.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Helen and the team will assess a child's behaviour and welfare
0:35:08 > 0:35:11for many weeks before making a recommendation.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Is he being supported by one of the student social workers
0:35:14 > 0:35:16at the moment for his attendance?
0:35:16 > 0:35:20- I've been to his house a few times on home visits with Judith.- Right.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23He's on 61% attendance.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26He is a LEAP candidate.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30With the GCSES exams looming,
0:35:30 > 0:35:34LEAP's role within the school is more important than ever.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38- Thank you very much. Thanks for coming down.- That's OK.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42Right, I need your help. I've got two students in mainstream
0:35:42 > 0:35:44at the moment who are starting to rear their heads.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48I can't allow them to be influencing,
0:35:48 > 0:35:51upsetting the learning of others in those groups.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Have you got space for them?
0:35:53 > 0:35:55I'd really like them in within the week, if possible.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01We've got 45 in at the moment. 32 of them are Year 11s.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03I don't know how we'll fit them in, to be honest.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11Don't forget, we've got two, possibly three students who will be
0:36:11 > 0:36:16going into mainstream pretty well full-time over the next week.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- It's not just...- They're already into some of their lessons.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22If you've got students getting ready to go back into mainstream,
0:36:22 > 0:36:25that is going to be of real benefit to them, isn't it?
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Because those class teachers now are starting to focus in on those exams.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31You know we'll have to take them
0:36:31 > 0:36:34and we have to find a space. See where we can fit them in.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36And if you need me to speak to the parents,
0:36:36 > 0:36:39again just making it very, very clear as to why.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41We're not abandoning them in any way.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43They are going to get their grades that they're capable of getting
0:36:43 > 0:36:47and beyond, but actually this is the big picture for all.
0:36:47 > 0:36:48- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51BELL RINGS
0:36:53 > 0:36:56For Baverstock Academy, the pressure is now on.
0:36:57 > 0:37:02In a few weeks, the Year 11 pupils will be taking their first exam.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05To try and get the kids over the line
0:37:05 > 0:37:06on the government's new targets,
0:37:06 > 0:37:10LEAP is focusing solely on Maths and English.
0:37:10 > 0:37:15We have got a specialist here to teach you the techniques
0:37:15 > 0:37:17that you need in order to pass.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21If you don't engage, you're not going to do well.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24A couple of you were this...
0:37:24 > 0:37:27HE SNORES
0:37:27 > 0:37:29What is the point?
0:37:30 > 0:37:33I cannot give you time.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36Something I have not got control over.
0:37:36 > 0:37:41You have got such a fantastic start to passing that GCSE.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44So when you have Mr Turner next,
0:37:44 > 0:37:46I want you switched on and I want you focused.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50And you Year 10s who think, "Well, I've got another year,"
0:37:50 > 0:37:54You haven't, guys. Your time starts now.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57If you fail your GCSEs, you are going to go
0:37:57 > 0:38:01and repeat those two years again at college with people that,
0:38:01 > 0:38:06let's be honest, are not the most interesting people to be with
0:38:06 > 0:38:10or start to move those grade boundaries up.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13E, D, C.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15Thank you, sir.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Chelsea is being given a one-on-one math's lesson.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24Round this table, please.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Wherever you want to sit.
0:38:30 > 0:38:31Right, percentages.
0:38:31 > 0:38:37We want a percentage. 25% of 200?
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- Chels?- Yeah, I'm listening. - 25% of 200.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- What's 2 x 25?- I don't know.
0:38:43 > 0:38:472 x 5 is? 10. 10.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51Carry the one. 2 x 2 is 4, plus the 1 is what?
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Do I really look that stupid?
0:38:56 > 0:38:58What's the problem? What's the matter?
0:38:58 > 0:39:01He's saying to me, "What's two times zero?"
0:39:01 > 0:39:05- He's asking me things and making me look like an idiot.- I'm not...
0:39:05 > 0:39:08"What's two times zero?" Like I don't know!
0:39:08 > 0:39:10- What is two times zero? - Zero! I'm not that stupid.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- Well, just tell me! - You're asking me dumb questions!
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- All I want...- You said, "2 x 20?" I've obviously got it wrong!
0:39:19 > 0:39:22'She's turning her back on me all the time.'
0:39:22 > 0:39:25- OK.- I mean, so it's very difficult to see what she's doing.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29And if I was sat the other side, she turns round the other way.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32I'll tell you what. In a chair, doing her work...
0:39:34 > 0:39:36HE LAUGHS
0:39:36 > 0:39:39..part...partly engaging...
0:39:39 > 0:39:41give or take the odd turn of her back to you...
0:39:41 > 0:39:43and "Why am I here?"
0:39:43 > 0:39:45- that's not bad.- Oh, yeah.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47- But what a journey.- Yeah.
0:39:47 > 0:39:52- Empathise and stress it's important she comes in tomorrow.- Mm-hm.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- Yeah.- OK?- Right. I'm going to get a drop of water.- Go on, then.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59I'm going to go and have a quick chat to her now.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03You know what? Don't you ever say to me again you can't do this.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06All right? Cos, like... This isn't just foundation maths.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09This is actually intermediate maths, OK,
0:40:09 > 0:40:12which means that you're in the B border.
0:40:12 > 0:40:13Yeah?
0:40:13 > 0:40:16You know what one of your biggest problems are? You are stubborn!
0:40:16 > 0:40:20- I'm not stubborn.- What do you mean you're not stubborn?!
0:40:20 > 0:40:23You ARE stubborn, OK? Well done, that's good.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25I cannot afford to let her fail.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28She's capable of passing it and...
0:40:28 > 0:40:33maybe this is the hurdle that she needs to overcome
0:40:33 > 0:40:35in order to be successful as an adult,
0:40:35 > 0:40:37because, if I let her fail now,
0:40:37 > 0:40:42she'll always choose to disengage when it becomes too tough.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44I'm quite nervous about my exams.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48Like, I just don't know whether I am going to pass or fail.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51And, like, opening the card and seeing "fail",
0:40:51 > 0:40:54I'll be really annoyed at myself, more than anything.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Today is the first exam of 2014.
0:41:06 > 0:41:13190 children from Baverstock Academy are sitting their English GCSE exam.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Amongst them are 30 kids from LEAP.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19Well done, all the best.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Mr Turner's day. He's going to take you over.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Nice and mature.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26CHILDREN CHATTER
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Wait a minute! Are you all mine?
0:41:30 > 0:41:32SHOUTING AND CHATTER
0:41:32 > 0:41:34It's just English.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38I call your name out, you need to get a pass.
0:41:38 > 0:41:39Good luck, guys.
0:41:39 > 0:41:44LEAP has promised their pupils five GCSES at grade C.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46They need them to turn up.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49There's two children that haven't come in. We've got no response
0:41:49 > 0:41:51from phone calls that have been going on all day.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54So now, we're just going to knock doors
0:41:54 > 0:41:57and see if we can trawl the area, see if we can pick them up at all.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05For these kids, you always go the extra mile, don't you?
0:42:05 > 0:42:09Because they need you to go the extra mile.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Apparently, she knows she's got an exam,
0:42:11 > 0:42:14but she's voting with her feet, so let's see what we can do.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- Hello.- Ya?- Come on... - What's the matter?
0:42:20 > 0:42:22She should be in an exam now.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- She hasn't told me about this. - I've told you,
0:42:25 > 0:42:28if you don't do this now, you've got to do it again next year.
0:42:28 > 0:42:29Come on, you'll be fine.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36- Good luck.- Good luck.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Good luck, Chels.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43All of you, calm down.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54Oh, my God! that's one of our Year 11s from last year.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56He was one of the ones, they said,
0:42:56 > 0:42:58"He'll never get a job, you know," and he's working!
0:42:58 > 0:43:02Quickly as you can, please, guys. Coats and bags on the table.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Hand in your phones. Make sure your lanyards are securely in your bags.
0:43:09 > 0:43:10KNOCKS ON DOOR
0:43:18 > 0:43:19No, there's nobody in.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21I had my doubts that he would be in.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26It's such a shame, because he's so capable.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28Um, a waste.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31A total waste, because, if he sat that exam,
0:43:31 > 0:43:34he would probably come out with a C.
0:43:34 > 0:43:38OK, the time is now 1:15. You can begin.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44We have to trust and we do trust in terms of what our teachers do
0:43:44 > 0:43:48in preparing them and we trust the students that they're ready.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50Um, once they go through that door, that's it.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53- It's the same for every student nationally.- Yeah.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56It's quite interesting, every year, we can't prepare any harder
0:43:56 > 0:43:57and, every year, we manage to pull out
0:43:57 > 0:44:01more and more and more and the staff are knackered.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04They couldn't have prepared these kids any better than they are.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07This year, English is one of the two core subjects
0:44:07 > 0:44:09all kids must pass at grade C.
0:44:11 > 0:44:15An hour into the exam, Chelsea is having difficulties.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18Chelsea.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20Because she's done no work.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22She's been in there over an hour, she's doing nothing.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25And now she's saying, "I've done no work cos I need the toilet,
0:44:25 > 0:44:27"I can't concentrate."
0:44:29 > 0:44:33I'll bring her out, take her to the toilet -
0:44:33 > 0:44:35but then we'll put her on the stage,
0:44:35 > 0:44:37because if the kids see her go to the toilet,
0:44:37 > 0:44:40- they'll ALL want to go.- Exactly.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42If you start with one...
0:44:42 > 0:44:43She knows the rules.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46We have got a 190 kids in there - she can't get it right,
0:44:46 > 0:44:48and we do anything with her
0:44:48 > 0:44:50we're putting the wrong message out to the others.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53That's why I said about putting her on the stage.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55- She doesn't deserves a second chance.- I know, but...
0:44:55 > 0:44:57I tell you what - I know how you care.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00We'll have her out, and if she doesn't give you the right attitude
0:45:00 > 0:45:02then we'll terminate her paper.
0:45:02 > 0:45:05OK. Well, I shall leave that decision with you, then.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07- OK.- If she doesn't give you the right attitude,
0:45:07 > 0:45:09- we'll terminate her paper.- OK.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13Sit down for a second first, please.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17Come away from the door, come over here.
0:45:17 > 0:45:18Please can I go to the toilet first?
0:45:18 > 0:45:21Can we come and sit down over here, please?
0:45:21 > 0:45:23Sake, man.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28I'm going to tell you what it is, OK?
0:45:28 > 0:45:32I can ask miss now, for disruption in the exam hall,
0:45:32 > 0:45:35to terminate your paper. That means you will not take any further exams.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38- I've been asking for how long... - Makes no difference.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41The same rules apply to the other 190 kids in there.
0:45:44 > 0:45:45Attitude stinks.
0:45:45 > 0:45:49The question is, miss is prepared to give you another chance.
0:45:49 > 0:45:50Or I end it now.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54- So, what do you want to do? - I can't do it.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57Is that what the problem is, Chelsea?
0:45:57 > 0:46:00- Tell her to stop fucking recording. - No, it's OK.
0:46:01 > 0:46:05But Chelsea, can I just say one thing, sweet, before you walk away?
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Let me just say this - you've got to hear what I say.
0:46:08 > 0:46:13The exam officer calms Chelsea down and allows her back in.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16So, deep breaths.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18And miss will tell you where to go.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20Oh, it's so sad.
0:46:20 > 0:46:24She can't read the questions, she doesn't know what they're asking.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27She said, "I can't read it, Miss." And that's why she got so upset.
0:46:27 > 0:46:31And when she started turning away - she's really, really, embarrassed.
0:46:34 > 0:46:39The exam officer recommends that Chelsea's reading ability is tested.
0:46:39 > 0:46:43Not once did it cross my mind that she couldn't read the paper.
0:46:43 > 0:46:44Not once.
0:46:45 > 0:46:50She was so good at masking that...
0:46:50 > 0:46:52inability.
0:46:52 > 0:46:54That it-it caught me.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56It shocked me.
0:46:56 > 0:47:00We're here to find out why these kids can't engage.
0:47:00 > 0:47:04And we went through all our bag of tools,
0:47:04 > 0:47:07and all our reasons of why other kids have not engaged in the past.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09And Chelsea was the first.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12And we will have to change the way we analyse our kids now.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15Because we won't allow that to happen again.
0:47:17 > 0:47:21The test showed that Chelsea has below average reading ability
0:47:21 > 0:47:23and comprehension.
0:47:23 > 0:47:27She's allocated a reader for the remainder of her exams.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30You know when you said it all went blank,
0:47:30 > 0:47:33I understood what you meant, and I had been saying that,
0:47:33 > 0:47:36and you've had your test and you've now got a reader,
0:47:36 > 0:47:38- so nothing can go blank.- Yeah. - Right?
0:47:38 > 0:47:43What she can't do is read the whole comprehension for you.
0:47:43 > 0:47:46She can read the question - or he, whoever it is -
0:47:46 > 0:47:48read the question.
0:47:48 > 0:47:51You put your hand up, right?
0:47:51 > 0:47:55And you bring them over, and use it - do not sit there like...
0:47:55 > 0:47:58All right? Do you promise me that?
0:47:58 > 0:48:00- Yeah.- No, are you clear on that?
0:48:00 > 0:48:02Because I can't go in there with you,
0:48:02 > 0:48:06and Carol Moseley, the exams person, can't go in with you,
0:48:06 > 0:48:08but we all want you to do this to help you.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14It's maths exam day.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16All the best, guys.
0:48:16 > 0:48:19Remember, it is just another day in your life,
0:48:19 > 0:48:20it's not that important.
0:48:20 > 0:48:21If you pass it, well done.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23If you don't pass it, I'll kill you.
0:48:24 > 0:48:28With literacy and numeracy now being prime education targets,
0:48:28 > 0:48:33it's another subject the government has said every pupil must pass.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36Come on, I was worried about you!
0:48:36 > 0:48:37I feel sick.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39You can be sick over your paper,
0:48:39 > 0:48:41but after you've put something on it.
0:48:41 > 0:48:42Not the sick.
0:48:42 > 0:48:45- Have you found Chelsea?- Not yet, no.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48They are concerned Chelsea won't turn up today,
0:48:48 > 0:48:51because maths is the subject she struggles with most.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54OK, if we start to do calling, guys.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58Right, these students are going into the gym.
0:48:58 > 0:49:00OK? So, lower gym.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02And just remember, if you fail, I'm sacking him.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04- OK?- Yeah, so it's me that's gone. - Eh?
0:49:07 > 0:49:08Good luck, everybody.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13Chelsea arrives right at the last minute.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16Chels, just do the best you can, darling. All right?
0:49:16 > 0:49:18You've got to go to the gym, haven't you?
0:49:18 > 0:49:20Right, because you've built a relationship with miss,
0:49:20 > 0:49:23- take them over, miss, will you? - Yeah. Do you want to come...?
0:49:23 > 0:49:25I am so proud of you two.
0:49:25 > 0:49:29I tell you what - if I could sum up teaching today,
0:49:29 > 0:49:31it's seeing you two in. And with a smile, too!
0:49:33 > 0:49:34Knock me over with a feather.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36What an achievement.
0:49:38 > 0:49:39Wow.
0:49:41 > 0:49:42Oh...
0:49:43 > 0:49:46I'm so proud of that young lady.
0:49:49 > 0:49:50The 30 kids from LEAP
0:49:50 > 0:49:53will now have to wait several weeks for their results.
0:49:58 > 0:50:02Next year, George will be sitting his GCSEs.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04Two months ago, he was found to have the reading age
0:50:04 > 0:50:06of an eight-year-old.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10Today, his progress is being put to the test.
0:50:10 > 0:50:15"Gavin sat up with a smile when Nadia
0:50:15 > 0:50:21"said she was going to show the kiss of life."
0:50:21 > 0:50:23That's definitely it.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26"His...pet snake got out." Yep.
0:50:27 > 0:50:32"Didn't see JJ's skateboard and landed with a crash."
0:50:32 > 0:50:33Yep, that's it.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37Next...
0:50:39 > 0:50:42100%.
0:50:42 > 0:50:46Whoa! Well, I never.
0:50:46 > 0:50:50- That's really good, isn't it? - Yeah.- Brilliant.
0:50:51 > 0:50:57100% on this quiz this time, and he's got a bigger, wider book.
0:50:57 > 0:50:59I'm going to put a merit on for him.
0:50:59 > 0:51:04- Definitely.- I mean, look, he's put 100% on that one there, the quiz.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08100 - he's gone from 60 to 100.
0:51:08 > 0:51:09Well done, son.
0:51:09 > 0:51:13To me, the feeling you get as a teacher or as a mentor
0:51:13 > 0:51:16or, you know, helping them in any way,
0:51:16 > 0:51:19to see somebody like George pick a book up
0:51:19 > 0:51:22and get that out of it, what he's got out of it,
0:51:22 > 0:51:25to me is better than 20 GCSEs for him at this stage,
0:51:25 > 0:51:30because he is opening his world to other things
0:51:30 > 0:51:32that he would have never have opened to before.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34You remember when I couldn't read?
0:51:34 > 0:51:36Yeah, you couldn't even tell the time.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38- No, I know, I still can't. - Can't you?- No.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40What's the time now? Go on.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42Nah, I've got digital, here.
0:51:42 > 0:51:43THEY LAUGH
0:51:47 > 0:51:51In George's case, LEAP has identified an underlying cause
0:51:51 > 0:51:54of his behavioural issues early.
0:51:54 > 0:51:58But some kids can go through the majority of their school life
0:51:58 > 0:51:59with problems undetected.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03Sometimes, I'd sit there and play up.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06Well, not play up - just mess around and be silly,
0:52:06 > 0:52:07chat to someone next to me.
0:52:08 > 0:52:10Just cos I wanted too.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12But then other times I done it...
0:52:14 > 0:52:16..yeah, just cos I couldn't do the work.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19If they asked me to read out loud, I'd just say no,
0:52:19 > 0:52:22and if they keep asking and asking and asking, I'd just kick off.
0:52:22 > 0:52:25Because I generally, like, can't read out loud.
0:52:25 > 0:52:28Well, I can, but I can't, at the same time.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30And no-one had ever picked up on anything,
0:52:30 > 0:52:32because normally you get picked up -
0:52:32 > 0:52:35stuff like that you get picked up in primary school or something.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37Or... Me other school didn't pick up on it.
0:52:39 > 0:52:44It's not simple enough just to say that they're disruptive pupils
0:52:44 > 0:52:45or they're naughty.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47It's easy to, obviously, give that label.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49It's far more than that.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51As you can imagine, there are issues that are going on
0:52:51 > 0:52:53outside the school, there are issues in their lives,
0:52:53 > 0:52:57and sometimes things that - even when we get really close to them -
0:52:57 > 0:52:59that we don't even know about, and we never learn about.
0:52:59 > 0:53:02If we can do something about it... And that's what LEAP does.
0:53:02 > 0:53:05It does something about that, it listens to them, it understands,
0:53:05 > 0:53:08but it doesn't give that as an excuse.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11And getting them back into mainstream will allow them
0:53:11 > 0:53:14to achieve those GCSEs of the highest standards,
0:53:14 > 0:53:15and that's what our aim is.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21Morning, young man.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23Whatever the results are, I'm proud of you, OK?
0:53:25 > 0:53:31Today, 600,000 kids across England are collecting their GCSE results.
0:53:31 > 0:53:33ALL CHATTER
0:53:37 > 0:53:41It's judgment day for the teachers and 30 pupils of LEAP.
0:53:41 > 0:53:42Oh, well done!
0:53:42 > 0:53:44Well done!
0:53:44 > 0:53:45How have you done, Lauren?
0:53:45 > 0:53:47That's fantastic!
0:53:47 > 0:53:50So, two merits,
0:53:50 > 0:53:51C in English -
0:53:51 > 0:53:53absolutely brilliant!
0:53:55 > 0:53:58Despite breaking down during one exam,
0:53:58 > 0:54:01Chelsea still managed to complete the rest of her subjects.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04So, Chels - let's have a look how you've done.
0:54:04 > 0:54:05Come on!
0:54:05 > 0:54:08- Come on.- You can have a look. - All right, then.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10- I'll tell you what you got, all right?- Don't open them!
0:54:10 > 0:54:11All right, ready?
0:54:11 > 0:54:13All right?
0:54:15 > 0:54:17I can see it already...
0:54:17 > 0:54:20You got four Cs, two Bs and a D.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23You chat shit.
0:54:23 > 0:54:25C, C, B, B, C, C and a D.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27- Ahh!- F, F, E, E.
0:54:27 > 0:54:28Well done.
0:54:28 > 0:54:32Chelsea got good grades in most subjects,
0:54:32 > 0:54:36but failed to get the minimum C in maths and English.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38She will have to resit them next year.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42Check whether your name's down there.
0:54:44 > 0:54:45- Hello, Andre? ON PHONE:- Yeah?
0:54:45 > 0:54:47Do you want to know what your results are?
0:54:47 > 0:54:49- Yeah, yeah.- Right...
0:54:49 > 0:54:51Andre is out of Birmingham for the summer.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54ICT, you got two Cs.
0:54:54 > 0:54:55Two Cs?
0:54:55 > 0:54:59- Yeah, two Cs.- Yeah. Science, with me, you got...
0:54:59 > 0:55:00two Cs.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03- Yeah?- Business studies - two Cs.
0:55:03 > 0:55:07- Yeah?- So that's six higher passes you've got darling, all right?
0:55:07 > 0:55:09Yeah.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11Then you got an E in your English,
0:55:11 > 0:55:15- an F in your maths...- Yeah.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18..and you got a D in your hospitality.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20Just missed it. Are you pleased, darling?
0:55:20 > 0:55:22Yeah, I'm pleased, miss.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24Good, that's good to know, you're pleased.
0:55:24 > 0:55:28- You've done really, really well. OK? - Thanks.
0:55:28 > 0:55:31I'm very, very proud of you, Andre, well done.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33And tell your brother he's got something to watch, now,
0:55:33 > 0:55:35cos you're just as good.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37All right, darling.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39- Mwah.- See you, darling. - Thank you for everything.
0:55:39 > 0:55:40- You're welcome.- Bye, gorgeous.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42- You're welcome. - Oi, you deserve it, Kate.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45- All right, darling, see you. - See you later.
0:55:45 > 0:55:47- Bye!- Thanks, miss.
0:55:47 > 0:55:48Bless him!
0:55:51 > 0:55:55Well, he's made the step to go to college, which is great.
0:55:57 > 0:56:01He wouldn't even have been in school if it wasn't for LEAP.
0:56:01 > 0:56:05This kid's walked away now with six Cs.
0:56:10 > 0:56:15LEAP failed to meet the government's new targets on English and Maths.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18Only 10% got both at grades A to C.
0:56:20 > 0:56:25But they delivered on their promise to the kids -
0:56:25 > 0:56:28100% got five GCSEs,
0:56:28 > 0:56:3160% at grade C.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34This is just below the national average.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39Those grades would not have been achieved
0:56:39 > 0:56:43if we'd permanently excluded them, or we'd let them go,
0:56:43 > 0:56:45or we'd isolated them.
0:56:45 > 0:56:48It gives them the confidence to know that they can be successful,
0:56:48 > 0:56:52and they can fit in society, and there is a place for them,
0:56:52 > 0:56:56and that they don't have to mask issues by misbehaving.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59And actually, if they get their heads down,
0:56:59 > 0:57:02and they learn, and they listen,
0:57:02 > 0:57:05they can be as successful as anybody.
0:57:08 > 0:57:11Other schools are now looking at what LEAP has achieved,
0:57:11 > 0:57:15and some are introducing their own inclusion departments.
0:57:16 > 0:57:21The challenge they all face, beyond GCSE results,
0:57:21 > 0:57:24is to equip their kids with essential life skills.
0:57:24 > 0:57:28"Gavin sat up with a smile.
0:57:28 > 0:57:30"'Really, Nadia?'
0:57:30 > 0:57:31"'Don't worry Gavin.'"
0:57:33 > 0:57:35So...
0:57:35 > 0:57:37- "Spike..."- Yeah, Spike, yeah. - "..called out,
0:57:37 > 0:57:42"'Why is she called Annie and not Anna?'"
0:57:42 > 0:57:47- Good boy. - "'She looks like my sister Anna.'
0:57:47 > 0:57:51"Nadia said, 'So, you are learning a...'"
0:57:53 > 0:57:58- Val...- "'valuable...'"- Oh, good boy. - "'..lesson tonight.'"
0:57:58 > 0:58:01So, you're breaking them down really well.
0:58:01 > 0:58:04So you can read well. Right?
0:58:04 > 0:58:05- Just practise. All right?- Yeah.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07What do you mean, "Yeah"?!
0:58:07 > 0:58:09Right, that is a skill.
0:58:09 > 0:58:11Once you master this skill, mate, you are going to go...
0:58:11 > 0:58:12Whoosh!
0:58:12 > 0:58:15..because you're going to read all your questions in your exams -
0:58:15 > 0:58:17because you're very bright, don't ever say you're not -
0:58:17 > 0:58:20and the only reason you didn't understand the question
0:58:20 > 0:58:22is cos you couldn't read them properly.
0:58:22 > 0:58:23But now you will. Yes!
0:58:25 > 0:58:27So, no pressure now, I want five Cs, OK?
0:58:27 > 0:58:29Five Cs?!