Schools

20k pupils in unregistered alternative provision, study finds

Calls for statutory registration and 'light-touch' regulation to ensure vulnerable children are 'brought back into view'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
pupil referral unit

Inside a north London PRU

Thirteen-year-old Maria* used to turn up at her pupil referral unit in the mornings already drunk on vodka. She...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Alternative provision

Trusts queue to open alternative provision free schools

The schools form part of the Department for Education’s SEND and AP improvement plan

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

7 things you need to know about Ofsted’s thematic reviews of AP

Ofsted will not make judgments about AP from thematic reviews, but serious concerns could lead to further inspection

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Ofsted

Spielman: Special school crisis leaves primary pupils ‘languishing’ in AP

Places shortage, lengthy waits for EHC plans and no cash means some youngsters stuck in 'unsuitable' alternative provision, Ofsted...

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

‘Recovery premium’ rolled out for all special school and AP pupils

Catch-up cash will increase for mainstream secondaries, rising to £60k on average, but rates frozen for most primaries

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
SEND review

SEND review: Tiered support package for alternative provision

Green paper proposes three-tier system focused on early intervention in mainstream schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND review

SEND review: The proposed reforms to alternative provision

Changes to the way AP is funded and used by schools have been put forward by the government

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Illegal schools

Public urged to report illegal schools as pupils taught in ‘squalid’ settings

Ofsted warns parents and councils are paying thousands for 'woeful' education in 'squalid' conditions at unregistered schools

Tom Belger
Tom Belger