Offering education that fits the needs of all student & young people…

When students are on site we see calm, happy and confident young people who are participating positively and are engaged in their learning. They interact politely with staff and other students and build positive relationships. This means that they make good progress, both academically and socially.

We want the adults in their lives to say that since attending MIAG they are more settled and happier in life in general. They will have grown in maturity and are displaying more positive behaviours. They will have a new outlook on learning and it has given them a purpose so they are more confident and look forward to their time at the centre.

MIAG will have changed their life!

MIAG (Mentoring, Information, Advice and Guidance) was set up in 2020 by Julian Alsop in response to the increasing demand for his mentoring and tutoring provision from the Bristol Council.

Julian began working in the education sector in 2017 when a Bristol based young person’s care home required education provision for a young student.

Within 4 months of working for a single care home, this then developed into working for 8 care homes in the Bristol and surrounding areas.

From 2020 Bristol Council was utilising using MIAG for Alternative Education Provision, and the dedicated team at MIAG focussed on mentoring, advice and guidance for young students with EHCP (Education Healthcare Plan) in Bristol and the surrounding areas.

We at MIAG will hope to educate all students to the highest levels of academic achievement, to enable them to reach and expand their potential, and to help them prepare to become a grounded and responsible member of society whatever their needs.

We are able to support the EHCP (Education Healthcare Plan) process and also can support students via a preventative model to reduce a student becoming permanently excluded (PEX) from mainstream education.

If a student is a PEX, we are able to offer support and reintegrate the student back into mainstream school or specialist provision incorporating the ‘voice of the child’ at all times along with constant liaising with schools and or other professionals to ensure a joined-up approach is working to meet the needs for all students.