Motivate. Inspire. Create. Achieve
About Us
SV Academy is an alternative education independent nurture school with 20 years' experience of providing a supportive, personalised education to young people who have faced disruption or barriers to education. With a specialism in music, digital media and creative technology, SV Academy can offer a range of courses at Key Stage 3, 4 ad 5. Our specialist teaching staff has an aptitude for motivating and engaging young people, and guiding them towards a positive outcome, a formal qualification and further education via our innovative GCSE and BTEC courses.
About StreetVibes Media Academy – Alternative Education Independent School
SV Academy exists to offer outstanding educational, personal development and creative growth opportunities to young people who have had little or none. As an independent school, places at our school are commissioned by local authorities, schools and youth agencies. We have worked with over 40 schools and 7 London local authorities to provide supportive education to their young people.
SV Academy in a Snapshot
- Department for Education approved and OFSTED inspected
- OFSTED ‘Good’ continuously (2011, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024) with Outstanding Personal Development (2024)
- Approved educational provider to 8 London local authorities
- Current and past partnerships with 43 London schools
- JCQ approved GCSE, BTEC & Functional Skills examination centre, acceptation external candidates
- 20-year track record delivering education, personal development and school reintegration services to schools and LAs
Nationwide Award
For Community EndeavourOur Achievements
20 Years' Experience as an Alternative Education School
Jack Petchey School
As a Jack Petchey Awards Bronze school, we are able to make three awards during the course of the school year to recognise students’ outstanding effort or achievements.
Turing Scheme partner
SV Academy was awarded funding for overseas residential trips in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025
The School Ethos
At SV Academy, students receive a well-rounded education taught in a dynamic and supportive atmosphere, which enables them to succeed academically and personally. Our specialist teachers ensure that students enjoy a range of stimulating activities that prepare students for life outside of school as well as fostering a culture of respect and tolerance within the school. Every student has an individual ‘learning journey,’ mapped from his or her induction to the school; this allows teachers to tailor the curriculum to the student. At SV Academy, we are extremely ambitious for our students, continually pushing for the highest possible achievement.
Our Achievements
- 2003 – StreetVibes co-founder receives the Nationwide Award for Community Endeavour.
- 2004 – StreetVibes named as one of six finalists for the Daily Mail / Lloyds TSB’s Enterprising Young Brits Award. StreetVibes was selected from thousands of applications nationwide for its outstanding achievements as a social enterprise. In the same year, StreetVibes was also nominated for the New Statesman’s Upstarts Award.
- 2005 – StreetVibes named as an Enterprise Insight Enterprise Ambassador, meets Rt. Hon Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the Treasury, number 11 Downing Street. Our Events Over 600 young people from across London attended Lyrical Xpressions, our last event held in south-east London at the end of 2004. Lyrical Xpressions, funded by the South East London Community Fund, brought together youth performers, fast-rising UK urban stars and industry spokespeople from Jet Star.Phonographics, Universal Records, Channel U, Def Jam UK, Radio 1Xtra and Sony-BMG. Jet Star generously sponsored the manufacture of the StreetVibes Youth ‘Black Out’ CD compilation, featuring youth music performed at the event, and the Metropolitan Police gave out StreetVibes Youth Achievement Awards to nine young people for outstanding progress on our music educational programmes.
- 2006 – Lyrical Xpressions II, funded by the Arts Council England, will take place this year! To express an interest in performing, promoting, organising, hosting or event managing Lyrical Xpressions II. Our Training Centre StreetVibes has a state-of-the-art multi-media training centre, DJ lab, internet radio station and professional studios based in Ladywell, London SE9. Our facilities and equipment is available for hire to youth, music and arts organisations, schools and community organisations and we can provide engineers, teaching staff and support for classes of up to thirty young people in music production, live instruments,DJing and MCing, radio broadcast, singing and songwriting, video production, performance, dance, drama and web-design.