Alternative provision

‘Illegal school’ fear over unregistered alternative provision

Children’s commissioner calls for wide-ranging reforms to a system she says is 'failing children who often need the greatest...

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
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From Provision to Purpose: Making Internal AP Work for Every Pupil

Across England, a quiet transformation is underway. In schools up and down the country, leaders are reshaping how we...

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Alternative provision

DfE data under-states teacher vacancies in alternative provision

Government urged to separate data for special schools and AP in official statistics, amid warning it masks 'differences' between...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Alternative provision

Alternative provision placements soar to pre-pandemic levels

New government statistics also show a rise in pupils places in AP because of mental health needs or behaviour...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Alternative provision

Alternative provision: Let disrupted pupils repeat year 11, says de Souza

DfE should also fund 'graduated stepdown programme of support for all year 11 leavers'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Alternative provision

Unregistered AP clampdown: Everything you need to know

Time limits on placements, new national standards and a council-run quality-assurance process proposed by the DfE

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Alternative provision

DfE plans ‘national standards’ for unregistered AP

Ministers say unregistered provision should be 'an intervention, not a destination'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Alternative provision

Revealed: The 20 new AP free schools approved by ministers

Leading academy trust secures four alternative provision free schools while others are snubbed

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Hospital schools

Hospital schools: on the mental health crisis frontline

Taxis pull up throughout the day outside the brightly painted Magpie Centre to drop off its growing cohort of...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill