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VLC

Website
Telephone
07340820763
Location
St Margaret's Church Centre
103 Whitnash Road
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
CV31 2HB
GB

VLC is an alternative education provider.

It is increasingly difficult to find small, calm, therapeutic learning environments, where students who struggle to access mainstream learning can thrive.  School refusal is an anxiety related disorder which affects 1-5% of the UK population. In the UK, around 380,000 fixed term exclusions are given to children each year*.  Far too many of these exclusions involve students with additional needs or attachment issues.  

Whilst the triggers vary hugely, the result is that a growing number of students simply cannot cope with the pressures of a mainstream school. 

Often these students are very bright and have huge potential. The tragic reality is that children who do not have access to a consistent and regular education programme invariably fail to achieve their potential and their future life chances are severely harmed. Just 1% of these students achieve five good GCSEs including English and Maths.

VLC works with children at risk of exclusion, school refusers, those with attachment issues and those with ASD. Put simply, we exist to change young peoples’ lives through caring education. Our first centre opened in Whitnash (Leamington Spa) in September 2014 and we now have centres across Warwickshire. We have worked closely with Warwickshire County Council, as well as a number of local secondary schools. We are an OFSTED registered Independent School, rated 'Good' in November 2021.

VLC aims to serve its community by providing an education of the highest quality within the context of its Christian ethos.

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