Sheffield pupil referral unit

Pupil Referral Units have recieved funding to tackle children getting involved in violent crime in Sheffield.

The pupil referral unit known as Sheffield Inclusion Centre has received the cash to work with children who have been permanently excluded from mainstream education.

The Department of Education earmarked funding for the pupil referral unit centre because of the rates of violent crime involving young people in Sheffield.

Tuesday Rhodes, the Headteacher of the pupil referral unit in Sheffield said: “I am thrilled that this additional funding is coming into school and will allow us to really support our young people to face a brighter future.

“The funding amounts to over £700,000 and is to be spent on a team of support specialists. We have chosen to invest in youth workers, youth offending workers, special educational needs support, a forensic psychologist and post 16 specialists.”

Sheffield pupil referral unit Centre has developed small community schools across Sheffield. The attendance and attainment are improving.

Tuesday goes on: “Our small community schools have made such a difference already, but the next stage in our development is to extend our support for our young people after school.

“There aren’t enough community provisions for young people in the evenings and at weekends so we want to develop our community schools as youth clubs and with our new team I want to be able to be able to build projects and provisions around the interests of our young people in the hope that they will make positive choices for their futures.

“This is such an exciting time for us and I am determined to recruit a strong team to make this a transformational project.”

In 2018, Sheffield teenager Sam Baker, 15, was stabbed to death by another teenage boy when violence flared in the city.