This is a small independent secondary school that provides full-time education for up to 19 students in the age range 14 to 16 years. All students had previously been, or were at risk of being, excluded from mainstream secondary or special schools or student referral units, or had recently arrived in the country. All of them have missed significant amounts of education through absence. There are too few students with statements of special educational needs and English as an additional language to report on their achievement separately. All students are from disadvantaged backgrounds, and three of them are in the care of the local authority. There are too few students known to be in receipt of pupil premium funding to report on their progress separately. Students come from a range of different ethnic communities. No student attends any alternative provision. Students join the school throughout the school year. At the time of the inspection, four students had joined in the second half of the previous term. Others had joined the school during the previous year. The proprietor is the headteacher. There are three teaching staff members. The school was last inspected in October 2011.