Alternative Provision & PRU
What is happening?
Music-making for young people in pupil referral units and alternative provision – currently one dedicated strand, with a recording-studio route into music for older teenagers referred through youth justice.
Who’s funded to deliver it here?
Actiontrack Performance Company — My Tunes (PRU/AP) and On the Record (11–18, youth justice recording studio)
Resources
Music making for health, well-being and behaviour change in youth justice settings: a systematic review — Daykin, de Viggiani, Pilkington & Moriarty, Health Promotion International (2013). Works best when it respects young people’s own musical identity rather than imposing narrow behavioural goals.
It’s Not Just Music, It Helps You from Inside” — Caulfield, Jolly, Simpson & Devi-McGleish, Youth Justice (2022). 42 young people on a Youth Offending Team music programme showed significantly improved appointment attendance and wellbeing.
Exploring the impact of music on children at risk of contact with the criminal justice system — Caulfield & Sojka, Safer Communities (2023). 57 at-risk young people showed improved education engagement and confidence.
Arts interventions for children and young people at risk of offending — Mansfield et al., Campbell Systematic Reviews (2024). A rigorous international systematic review of arts interventions including music.
The benefits of music programmes on children at risk of involvement with the Criminal Justice System — Youth Justice Legal Centre. A plain-English, non-paywalled summary of the Caulfield/Sojka research.