Phoenix U16 School provides full and part-time education for pupils between the ages of 14 and 16 and is registered by the Department for Education (DfE) to accommodate up to 25 pupils on a full-time basis. Twenty pupils currently attend the school full time, with seven pupils attending on a part-time basis. Eight pupils are dual-registered with other education providers. The local authority retains the statutory responsibility to ensure that pupils receive full-time education and their full entitlement to the curriculum. The school operates from a converted warehouse unit on a business park in the Hanley area of Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire. Pupils are referred to the school by local secondary schools or the local authority. Pupils attending Phoenix U16 typically have a range of social, emotional and behavioural Inspection report: Phoenix U16 Independent School, 23–25 January 2018 Page 8 of 11 difficulties and have either been excluded or are at risk of exclusion from their previous setting. The school aims to address the individual social, emotional and learning needs of its young people by developing their self-esteem and teaching them to make appropriate choices to enable them to continue on into further education, training and employment. The school does not use any alternative providers. The school was first registered by the DfE in January 2012. It was last inspected in March 2013.