Full Circle Education is a small, independent alternative education provider which is registered to take 30 pupils aged from 11 to 16 years who have social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. The last standard inspection took place in June 2014, where it was judged to be good and where all the independent school standards were met. The school aims to ‘nurture aspiration, achievement and self-belief; to focus on future potential rather than history, and to provide young people with high quality learning experiences and therapeutic interventions that lead to increased personal resilience and success’. In September 2017, the school changed its main provision so that it provides specifically Inspection report: Full Circle Education, 13–15 March 2018 Page 8 of 11 for pupils who would benefit from the therapeutic programme. This lasts up to 12 weeks and is designed to enable these pupils to return successfully to mainstream school. There are 25 pupils on roll, some of whom will complete their secondary education at the school before moving on to a sixth form or a further education college or an apprenticeship. About half of the pupils are on the short-term placements and remain on roll in their mainstream school. A small number of pupils have education, health and care plans. A small number also speak English as an additional language, though they are not normally at an early stage of learning English. All pupils have been placed at the school and funded by their local authority or their mainstream school. The school operates from a building adjacent to a youth centre in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It has access to the centre’s extensive sporting facilities during the school day. It does not use any alternative provision.