Building essential life skills through hands-on learning, encouraging independence, confidence, and real-world readiness.

Nurturing resilience, empathy, and positive relationships to support lasting social and emotional growth.

Encouraging self-belief and a love of learning, inspiring learners to pursue their goals with confidence and enthusiasm.

Promoting well-being and resilience through active lifestyles and outdoor experiences that build strength, confidence, and teamwork.

Helping learners rediscover a love for education through tailored support and engaging experiences

Empowering young people with the skills, confidence, and resilience needed to navigate adulthood successfully.

No, we do not offer full time education to children. Some children may only access two hours a week of academic tutor-led sessions.

Other children may access a day of adventurous activities alongside their tutor-led sessions. ALFA will work with providers, families and local authorities to increase these hours. However, if a child is able to sustain full time education, at ALFA we assume and will encourage them to attend a more suitable registered school setting.

Yes, ALFA is a positive choice for any child who is struggling to engage in education, including those on roll at a school but who routinely do not attend.

ALFA offers an opportunity to re-engage children through a carefully assessed and adapted programme and timetable which can build over time. Schools can refer a child to ALFA rather than continually pay for high cost alternative provision.

ALFA’s bespoke approach will allow them to re-engage at a pace which meets their needs, with the ultimate aim of helping them return to school.

Yes. ALFA offers looked-after children the opportunity to maintain learning or re-engage with education.

This may be particularly helpful when a child may have moved to a new area at short notice, or where a suitable educational placement has yet to be identified for them.

ALFA’s online content can be accessed via a laptop or desktop computer. Some children will access ALFA through face-to-face interactions.

Each child will have an identified tutor with our subject teachers conducting lessons in English, Maths and PHSE. The curriculum will be adapted to meet individual needs. ALFA’s Head will quality assure teaching and learning and offer support where required.

ALFA is a ‘one-stop’ solution where commissioners can engage with one provider, where one risk assessment is needed and there is only one contract to manage.

Where a child is successfully supported from ALFA to school attendance at a Keys school, this offers great consistency for the child and minimises the risk of further disengagement or placement breakdown.

Before a child begins working with ALFA, we will work with them, their families and carers and the professionals around them to gather the information we need to best meet their needs.

Using that information, we will develop a timetable which supports their
interests and abilities as well as their ambitions and goals.

Even if your child’s situation doesn’t exactly match the criteria mentioned, our highly flexible and individualised timetables are designed to adapt to the unique needs of each learner.

Please get in touch with us to discuss your child’s circumstances, and we’ll work together to create a personalised solution that supports their education journey. Referrals can be made by schools, local authorities, children’s homes, or directly by families.