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Government urged to separate data for special schools and AP in official statistics, amid warning it masks 'differences' between...
New government statistics also show a rise in pupils places in AP because of mental health needs or behaviour...
DfE should also fund 'graduated stepdown programme of support for all year 11 leavers'
Time limits on placements, new national standards and a council-run quality-assurance process proposed by the DfE
Ministers say unregistered provision should be 'an intervention, not a destination'
Leading academy trust secures four alternative provision free schools while others are snubbed
Taxis pull up throughout the day outside the brightly painted Magpie Centre to drop off its growing cohort of...
'Too many children have negative experiences in AP', report says, with lack of oversight leading to 'ineffective practice'
Catching staff from alternative provision (AP) settings smoking weed alongside the young people they were responsible for was a...