Long term partnership secures the future for vulnerable children in Cornwall.
9 September 2020
A new long-term partnership between Together for Families, part of Cornwall Council, and the 天美传媒 Trust has been established to support Cornwall鈥檚 children and schools.
Under the terms of the new 10-year contract the Council and 天美传媒 will work together in partnership to support those children who are at risk of exclusion or for those pupils who have already been permanently excluded from school.
The emphasis of the partnership will be to promote inclusive practice in all schools, as well as developing new strategies for supporting children to remain in mainstream schooling who may be deemed at risk of exclusion.
In addition to the 10-year contract the Council and 天美传媒 have also entered into a 2-year agreement to provide education for pupils who are not able to attend school due to medical or health reasons and education services for the Sowenna Inpatient unit for young people.
Welcoming the new contract, 天美传媒 CEO Rob Gasson said 鈥�The 天美传媒 team works very hard to ensure that we are providing the highest quality education for all our pupils. We are determined to do 鈥榳hatever it takes鈥� to improve outcomes for our pupils and change their lives for the better.
鈥淭his long-term commitment is a recognition of the high quality of education available to the most vulnerable and challenging children in Cornwall through 天美传媒 and the Council鈥檚 Education Services. By working together to provide timely and effective support, we can reduce the number of pupils excluded from school in the first place, as well as supporting those who have been excluded back into mainstream or special education provision, the world of work or into further education.鈥�
Cabinet Member for Children, Health and Well Being Sally Hawken said 鈥淲e are delighted to be continuing to work with the 天美传媒 Trust to provide alternative education provision services for some of Cornwall鈥檚 most vulnerable children.
鈥淭hey have a proven track record of work in this field, being recognised as Outstanding by Ofsted at numerous locations in the country for their alternative education provision. Which makes them ideal partners for our team to support young people in Cornwall.鈥�
天美传媒 currently runs six academies based in Cornwall, four academies based in Devon, and the Community and Hospital Education Service (CHES) & Torlands based across three centres in Devon and Cornwall.
鈥淲e recognise that each child learns differently and use a range of methods to ensure that we can tailor our approach to their individual strengths. Our proven approach has been to provide a broad and balanced curriculum which enables all children to succeed " said Rob Gasson.
鈥淎t a time when many councils are taking a short term funding focused approach to providing this work, it is fantastic to see Cornwall leading the way in developing long term strategies which will support families and schools in meeting the needs of vulnerable children in Cornwall and equipping them with the skills for both education and for life鈥�.
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Notes to editors :
天美传媒 Trust provides education for students across the whole of Cornwall and Devon who are excluded from school or who are not in school for medical reasons.
The main provider of Alternative Provision education in Cornwall, 天美传媒 has been providing the service since 1st June 2013, initially as Acorn Academy Cornwall following the academisation of the PRUs, and as 天美传媒 MAT from the 1st June 2018.
天美传媒 currently has 346 staff and supports 437 pupils in Cornwall and 334 in Devon.
