Over 4,500 kids are permanently excluded from secondary school in Britain every year. This three-part observational documentary series goes inside one of the country's largest secondary alternative provision (AP) academies to find out what happens next.

With up to 90 kids and 30 staff including teachers, mentors and therapists, the Bridge AP Academy is one of the biggest schools of its kind in the country.

Although it has to deal with a wide range of behavioural problems, the Bridge still expects each student to get a minimum of five GCSEs. The stakes could not be higher. As exams approach and tensions mount, the children's behaviour starts to go downhill.

We follow 16-year-old Thomas, who hates school and learning. He lives for football and wants to be a football coach, but will the school be able to keep him in a lesson for more than five minutes?

For 16-year-old Michael, passing his GCSEs would mean being able to go to college to pursue his love of animals, but will his fear of leaving the school sabotage his future? Show less