Parrs Wood High School
A proposal to add Compass — 1:1 SEND tutoring alongside the Academy and Blueprint provision we already deliver together.
Since March 2025 we’ve quietly become part of the furniture for a group of your pupils — delivering their core curriculum online, and lately running live lessons on your own timetable. The relationship is working. This proposal is about the one thing it doesn’t yet do.
Figures from Purple Ruler operational records (TAM / C02), live as of 24 June 2026. Pupil identities withheld.
Two of our categories are already running for Parrs Wood. The third — the one this proposal is about — is white space.
| Category | What it is | At Parrs Wood | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy (A) | Full online AP, groups of ≤6, core curriculum | Multiple placements, Yrs 9–11, since Nov 2024 | Live |
| Blueprint (B) | Live lessons on your scheme & timetable | New course started 1 Jun 2026 | Just started |
| Compass (C) | 1:1 tutoring for high-need / SEND pupils | Not yet in place | Proposed |
| Distinction (D) | Small-group stretch for high attainers | — | Future |
Pupils consistently report in our post-lesson surveys that they enjoy their lessons, with no technical or wellbeing flags raised — a strong base to build on.
Our Academy and Blueprint provision is delivered in groups of six or fewer — the right model for most. But in any AP cohort there are pupils whose needs the group simply can’t fully meet: an EHCP, significant SEND, acute anxiety, or a profile that needs the lesson built entirely around them. Right now, those pupils get the group offer or nothing.
This is an additive layer — not a replacement for what we already do. It catches the pupils the group format, by design, can’t.
1:1 online tutoring designed around a single high-need or SEND learner — the same trusted Purple Ruler teaching team, the same safeguarding, the same reporting you already see, focused entirely on one pupil at a time.
Subjects, pace and approach set to the EHCP or individual plan — not a fixed scheme. Ideal for re-entry, exam survival, or holding a place open.
Ofsted-registered provision, DSL oversight, and the safeguarding & reporting wrap you already trust for your Academy pupils.
Purple Ruler delivers and evidences the teaching; Parrs Wood retains the pupil relationship, commissioning control and the EHCP lead.
“A significant strength of Purple Ruler is the support staff provide for pupils with SEND… each pupil receives carefully tailored, individualised teaching.”
— Ofsted monitoring report, October 2025
Meets all minimum standards for online education — across all eight sections.
“Staff help pupils to reignite their spark for learning… a calm and nurturing online environment” — and commissioners “feel well-informed”.
The individualised-SEND teaching Ofsted singles out as our strength is exactly what Compass delivers.
Illustrative profiles — we’d shape the real list with you from the pupils you have in mind.
A pupil with an EHCP, weeks from GCSEs, unable to cope in any group. 1:1 English & Maths built purely around the exams that still count.
Severe anxiety; the ≤6 group is still too much. Starts 1:1, builds trust with one teacher, then steps up into an Academy group when ready.
A profile needing fully individualised pacing and adaptation that no scheme-of-work covers. 1:1 lets the teaching meet the plan exactly.
The same rate as your Blueprint provision. You commission by the session — pay for the 1:1 hours a pupil actually needs, scale up or pause as their plan changes. No per-registered-learner charge, no minimum term.
Optional Enhanced Mental Health wrap available at £180/month per learner where a pupil needs it.
Compass slots neatly into the ladder you’re already on:
Pick the single pupil who most needs 1:1 right now. We run a six-week Compass block, share the evidence and your usual reporting, and you decide whether to grow it. No lock-in.
We’d love to scope this with you on the back of our reflections call.
Book a 20-minute scoping call →Or reply to Zoe Holley / Ross Clements directly.