Schools utilise the provision to support and enhance school performance through our extensive attainment programmes.
Schools are able to access a wide range of curriculum options based on the schools’ and learners’ identified requirements.
The course duration follows the academic year and learners can attend up to 3 days a week; most learners attend centres for 1 day a week, which allows the learner to access their home-school curriculum with little or no disruption to school timetables. Learners can join at any point throughout the year and are still able to attain qualifications. Schools utilise the provision to support and enhance school performance through our extensive attainment programmes. All our qualifications are accredited and approved by City & Guilds and Pearsons allowing outstanding outcomes for schools.
Key Benefits
The flexible and diverse options allow schools to coordinate placement to meet the needs of the learner and school timetable, with many accessing the provision with diverse placement approaches.
Through our extensive range of qualifications and curriculum programmes, we are able to provide support and development for all learners regardless of academic ability and personal background. Whether looking to achieve high level outcomes or developing personal attributes, we look to maximise their learning potential.
An outstanding provision that has already made a big impact on outcomes for our Key Stage 4 learners in our first year in partnership with MPS.
We offer support across all Key Stage 3 and 4, with many schools utilising a mixture of age ranges to build their MPS cohort.
Most learners attend centres for 1 day a week, which allows the learner to access their home-school curriculum with little or no disruption to school timetables and core subjects.
There are no limits on the amount of learners school place on programme. We have schools accessing 1 to 50 learners per academic year.
We support with a range of programme durations, whether to support short-term placement or as part of the schools 2 or 3 year GCSE programme.
The accredited vocational qualifications provide opportunity for schools to benefit from flexible placement options. The programme example below showcases the various options schools have in which to maximise and utilise MPS to the benefit of the learner and school. Please note that these programmes can be based on one, two or three day a week allocation.
The placement process is very simple and will begin with liaison with the MPS Management Team. Through initial discussion we will identify the best placement available to fully support the needs of the learner and school. Placement is available throughout the academic year, most schools utilise the full academic year delivery to allow learners and schools to obtain the highest attainment possible.
Year 7/8 | Year 9 | Year 10 | Year 11 | |
Short Term Placement | ||||
Short TermPlacement | 7/8 | |||
1 Year Placement | ||||
1 YearPlacement | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
2 Year Placement | ||||
2 YearPlacement | 10 | 11 | ||
3 Year Placement | ||||
3 YearPlacement | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
Learners are able to access both our City and Guilds and BTEC vocational qualifications. Learners amass credits throughout the year and achieve the highest attainment possible, up to Level 2 Diploma accreditation.
We offer both level 1 and level 2 qualifications, which allows accessibility for all learners regardless of academic ability. Our qualifications are based on active learning, with the focus on developing employability skills, personal attributes and key academic skills. For further information regarding qualification details, please see our England Qualifications section.
The qualification process is coordinated throughout the academic year by MPS. Registration, internal verification, claiming and certification will be coordinated by the MPS Quality Team.
The course duration follows the academic year and learners can attend MPS up to 3 days a week; most learners attend centres for 1 day a week, which allows the learner to access their home-school curriculum with little or no disruption to school timetables. Learners can join at any point throughout the year and are still able to attain qualifications.
It is encouraged that learners transition through our curriculum programmes. The benefits of transitioning will allow both learner and schools to obtain higher attainment and performance measures, particularly with the KS4 programme pathways.