Webinar: A recipe for success – Creating unimagined futures

In this special webinar for members we heard from Kerrie Henton FCCT (Principal, Stone Soup Academy) and Oliver Sillito (Assistant Principal, Stone Soup Academy) who shared their recipe for success in transforming the lives of young people excluded from mainstream education. Professor Dame Alison Peacock (Chief Executive, Chartered College of Teaching) and Gwyneth Gibson (Headteacher, Lea Manor High School) chaired the session. Stone Soup Academy were awarded Alternative Provision of the year (TES awards: 2020). Their success has led to remarkable student outcomes, with attendance above 80% (it’s at 62% for AP nationwide), 100% of all students achieved qualifications, 82% achieved GCSE English and Maths. “We wanted to give our students a future so they might care more about the present – they might not get involved in crime and violence if they had something to lose – so we set about creating this future for our students.” Resources shared: Download the audio