Excluded: Inside a Pupil Referral Unit - BBC London

Layla, 15, attends Woodbridge Park Education Service in west London.
The pupil referral unit schools 138 young people who have had to leave the state school system.

Layla began attending after being kicked out of school twice and said Woodbridge Park had been instrumental in helping her thrive.

Every Friday a group called the Synergy Theatre Project come into the unit to encourage pupils to write down their feelings to relive any stress and anxiety.

[samgarcha]

Bro this place is like hell I live on the same road as it and there are 10 year olds swearing at teachers for taking away their lighters and they smoke.

[tinacunniffe]

They shouldn't be naughty in the first place to be put in there 😁

[dsmdsm]

Respectful and happy to give those kids a second chance.

[_emmaxx]

These help so many people I’ve been to one !!

[SkyeGeorgia]

Pupil Referral Units make such a positive difference

[covid]

me watching because i’m on the edge of being kicked out👁👄👁

[theburpman]

I was in a pupil referral unit on and off because of me getting angry and fighting students. I was also a naughty student and misbehaving in class. Because students wound me up about being gay and I can’t swim to wind me up but I have add and I would have just ignored them if I didn’t have add. I also weren’t allowed in my proper classes because of other students who I was having problems with. My head of year said at certain times that if a student has got hit or pushed or harmed by me that I will be kicked out of school and pushed for a police charge. My sister and my brother have add and they have been in the unit for their behaviour and fighting for safety.

[mozdickson]

change is possible, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

[imjustnewskid]

I been too a Pupil Referral Unit back in 2015 in year 10 but they don’t do GCSEs I can’t get into university without GCSEs

[tacticalaltarboy]

big up the Arden road and Ruskin house crew in Smethwick from back in the day xD

[hc]

Teaching kids "synergy", no wonder our standard of English has gone down.

[s_lavo]

I’ve just been kicked out with 4 more months until GCSE and in 6 hours travelling 2 hours to a unit and probably gonna get batterd there 😂

[chrishenniker]

I know kids are sent there as punishment, but are there specific ones for kids who have medical problems or are new to the area?

[callleasddaed]

i go to one of these in sutton called limes

[BL]

I got kicked out 2 and I'm Reaford to wood bridge park