Admissions & Referral Enquires

Parental enquires; If a parent / carer / professional wishes to enquire whether we may be a suitable provision for their child, then please call us for an informal initial discussion or email us and a member of our admissions team will get back to you.

If a Local Authority (LA) wishes to explore whether we can meet a child’s needs and offer a place, please give us a call or contact us by email securely: thekeyalternativeprovision@yahoo.com

The referral process for a student to access education at The Key Alternative Provision is via a student’s mainstream school, alternative education provider or Local Education Authority. The decision to refer a student is made through discussions with the family, student and either the referring school/alternative education provider/Local Education Authority and The Key AP.

A referral form is completed by the referring agency highlighting the reason for the referral together with the student’s curriculum information; attendance information; other agencies working with the student/family; medical needs etc. Meetings and interviews are then arranged prior to admission to The Key AP. Students are admitted to The Key AP throughout the school year.

We will process applications in the order we receive them from LAs; and we will initially filter them according to whether we will potentially have an appropriate place.