Education
The Russell Martin Foundation provides alternative education, inclusive intervention and development programmes for young people across Brighton & Hove, Worthing and Crawley.
Working alongside schools and families, we support Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 pupils through personalised education, mentoring and practical learning designed to build confidence, improve engagement and support successful outcomes.
Our programmes include 36-week courses in Sustainability, Business & Digital Media and Social Care & Life Skills, alongside short-term interventions, bespoke education packages and our KS2 to KS3 Transition Programme.
Explore Our Education Programmes
Explore our education provision across Brighton & Hove, Worthing and Crawley, including 36-week learning programmes, short-term interventions, school transition support and bespoke packages tailored to individual needs.
Education Programmes & Inclusive Intervention
Sustainability, Business & Digital Media
Our 36-week programme introduces KS3 and KS4 pupils to sustainability, entrepreneurship, digital media and content creation. Through practical projects, students develop confidence, communication, creativity and employability skills, with opportunities to earn Virtual College certificates every six weeks.
Social Care & Life Skills
Our 36-week Building Futures programme combines social care education with practical life skills. Pupils develop independence, resilience and communication skills while exploring wellbeing, safeguarding, budgeting and everyday living. The course includes opportunities to gain CPD-certified qualifications through Virtual College.
Both programmes are available in Brighton & Hove, Worthing and Crawley, alongside English, Maths, PSHE and enrichment activities.
Inclusive Intervention Programme – Short-Term Placements
Our Inclusive Intervention Programme provides structured, short-term alternative education for KS3 and KS4 pupils at risk of exclusion, placement breakdown or disengagement from mainstream education.
We offer flexible placements tailored to individual needs:
- 3 weeks: Early intervention and engagement.
- 6 weeks: Targeted behaviour and emotional support.
- 9 weeks: Intensive intervention and reintegration planning.
Through education, mentoring and personalised support, we help young people develop emotional regulation, resilience, positive relationships and the skills needed to return successfully to mainstream education.
We work closely with schools and families to support reintegration and provide bespoke packages where appropriate.
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Extra Time Project
The Extra Time Project is a short stay, 12 week, alternative provision working on improving Social, Emotional Wellbeing whilst also giving pupils the opportunity to have respite from negative cycles they may have found themselves in, in mainstream education. Currently in Partnership with Brighton & Hove and West Sussex County Councils, running centres in Brighton, Chichester and Worthing
KS2 Transition Programme
Our new KS2 transition programme focuses on working with all stages of the journey for year 6 pupils. RMF staff members are placed within the primary school, after the completion of year 6 SATS. Supporting the needs of the year 6 staff and pupils, RMF staff work directly with identified year 6 pupils through small group and 1:1 support sessions, creating a pupil profile that further supports the primary schools work on transition.
Through the summer holidays, the year 6 pupils are invited onto holiday provision courses, ensuring that the year 6 pupils are working on building relationships with other year 6 pupils in the area who are also transitioning to the same secondary schools as them in September. Encouraging new friendships and teamworking. Finally, the third phase of the project see’s the dedicated RMF staff member placed in a designated secondary school to further support the new year 7 pupils with the final stage of their transition. Continuing support group and 1:1 sessions, pastoral support and any other needs of the secondary school. This programme is currently a pilot, working in Brighton and Hove with City Academy Whitehawk, Brighton Aldridge Community Academy and Longhill High School.
If you think that our KS2 transition project would benefit your pupils, please contact info@rmfoundation.co.uk
On Site Provision
Our Targeted on site provision offers a 12 week programme designed in partnership around the needs of the school. This can be attendance improvement, SEMH support or Pastoral focused. RMF staff will deliver one day a week, on site, to a hand picked group of pupils including enriching activities in the afternoon session to encourage healthy lifestyles and the impact a healthy lifestyle can make to a young persons educational journey. There is further wrap around support to the young person through interaction with RMF family liaison support staff, dirextly impacting and trying to improve better home lives for the young person. Johnie Davies, Seahaven Academy, had the following to say about our recent work with the Academy –
"It was great to work with The Russell Martin Foundation to support the education experience of 12 vulnerable Year 7 learners. They quickly established strong rapport and relationships with the young people, and they were able to provide clear, effective, and appropriate boundaries that helped the students feel safe and thrive. The activities were well planned and effectively delivered. They were accessible for students who struggled with aspects of academic learning, and they were delivered with enthusiasm and energy. The activities helped the students reflect upon their own learning experiences and what some of the barriers to learning may be. In that sense, it was really helpful in ensuring the intervention helped the student transition to mainstream lessons."
If you wish to discuss the programme and how it could meet your schools needs, please contact info@rmfoundation.co.uk
Football Education Programme (16-19 Years)
The Russell Martin Foundation is pleased to offer a football education programme available to young people aged between 16 & 19. The programme is run by Jay Lovett, UEFA A licences coach and he is assisted by other UEFA qualified coaches.
Primary School Provision
Russell Martin Foundation can offer sustainable and cost-effective external cover for schools across Sussex. Russell Martin Foundation has an entire package that can be placed into primary schools to establish, breakfast, lunchtime or after school clubs.
Shoreham Academy
The Russell Martin Foundation is pleased to offer another football education programme available to young people aged between 16 & 19. The programme will be run by, UEFA B licences coaches.
