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Date Created: 2014-06-25
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Excluded: Kicked out of School Episode 1 BBC Drama Documentary 2015
Over 4,500 kids are permanently excluded from secondary school in Britain every year. This three-part observational documentary series goes inside one of the country's largest secondary alternative provision (AP) academies to find out what happens next. With up to 90 kids and 30 staff including teachers, mentors and therapists, the Bridge AP Academy is one of the biggest schools of its kind in the country. All of its students have been permanently excluded or subjected to a managed move from schools across west London, many for behaviour issues such as fighting or verbal abuse. Staff are trained to deal with all sorts of challenging behaviour, but Bridge students are still expected to succeed academically and each is set a minimum target of five GCSEs. Filmed over a year, this powerful series follows students at the Bridge as they try to turn their lives around. We see challenging behaviour, yet we also discover the p