Who are alternative provision schools for?
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.
Where do pupils go after permanent exclusion?
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.
Why are alternative provision schools so full?
Official statistics under-report the number of young people placed in Alternative Provision schools
Pupils joining and leaving the state-funded school system before and after the start of the pandemic
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.
What happens to permanently excluded pupils?
We examine the destinations of pupils who experience permanent exclusion
Long-term outcomes of pupils who experience alternative provision
The highlights of a recently published report looking at long-term outcomes of pupils who have spent time in alternative provision
How many children are in unregistered alternative provision?
6,400 young people were in local authority commissioned alternative provision outside of schools and colleges in January 2021.
The SEND Review ought to find out why so many young people are in local authority commissioned alternative provision
Over 32,000 young people were in education outside of the state-funded school system but paid for by local authorities in January 2021. We take a closer look at this group.
How many pupils from mainstream schools are educated off site each week?
We look at how many pupils were educated off-site, dual-registered and absent due to exclusion in the week ending 8th October 2021