The characteristics of pupils who attend Alternative Provision schools
We examine the characteristics of pupils on roll in AP schools, distinguishing between those with current/ main registrations and those with subsidiary registrations
We examine the characteristics of pupils on roll in AP schools, distinguishing between those with current/ main registrations and those with subsidiary registrations
Alternative Provision (AP) schools and special schools are poorly served by the current published measures of pupil attainment at the end of Key Stage 4. We suggest some measures that we think better reflect the qualifications entered by pupils at these types of school.
State-funded alternative provision (AP) schools are often thought of as schools for excluded pupils but fewer than half of pupils on roll have been.
Less than half of pupils of compulsory school age in 2022/23 who had previously been permanently excluded were enrolled at state-funded mainstream or special schools.
Official statistics under-report the number of young people placed in Alternative Provision schools
We examine the rate at which pupils have joined or left the state-funded school system in England in recent years. These rates fell during the height of the initial waves of the pandemic.
We examine the destinations of pupils who experience permanent exclusion
The highlights of a recently published report looking at long-term outcomes of pupils who have spent time in alternative provision
6,400 young people were in local authority commissioned alternative provision outside of schools and colleges in January 2021.