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Connect

What is 'Connect'?

Connect opened in January 2024 and is our internal alternative provision for students at Dixons Unity Academy. Placements are available in each year group to support individuals to be successful.

What are our aims and priorities?

The aims of Connect are to improve behaviour, attendance and reduce suspensions of students by providing appropriate provision to meet individual needs. The environment has been designed to ensure that students have access to a staff who are experienced with supporting young people’s Social, Emotional and Mental health needs.

Our priorities are as follows:

Ensure that all students are safe.
Ensure that all students are attending as often as possible.
Ensure that SEMH needs are met, and appropriate intervention is in place.
Ensure that students have access to a broad curriculum and high-quality teaching to improve academic outcomes.

How long are students placed in Connect for?

Placements in Connect are a minimum of 8 weeks and referrals are made via the schools Team Around The Child panel, which includes staff from the Leadership, Pastoral, Safeguarding and SEND teams. All placements are reviewed every 6 weeks.

What does a day in Connect look like?

There are 12 students in each class and lessons are taught by experienced, subject specialist teachers, with the support of a behaviour support workers.

Year 7, 8 and 9 students attend 9:25am to 14:25pm and study the whole curriculum, including, English, Maths, Science, Humanities, Spanish, Art, PE and Music.

Year 10 and 11 students attend 8:30am to 13:30am and study English, Maths and Science alongside spending 2 days per week at college studying vocational subjects, including: Construction, Mechanics, Hair and Beauty and Childcare.

All students have weekly Personal Development, RE and PE lessons.