Timpson Review reflections, part two: Not all pupils who have been permanently excluded end up in alternative provision
One of two posts exploring the relationship between state-funded alternative provision and exclusion
Timpson Review reflections, part one: Not all pupils who end up in alternative provision have been permanently excluded
One of two posts exploring the relationship between state-funded alternative provision and exclusion
The link between exclusions, alternative provision and off-rolling
Explaining how these three things fit together.
Who’s Left 2018, part one: The main findings
The first part of our series looking at the pupils who leave mainstream school rolls.
Help us to investigate independent alternative provision
This is a joint blogpost from Education Datalab and The Difference. The Difference is a new training programme, creating the next generation of school leaders, upskilled in supporting pupil mental health and reducing exclusion from school. Leaders spend two years teaching in alternative provision while studying a specialist leadership course, focusing on mental health, safeguarding [...]
Who are the pupils in alternative provision?
Latest DfE statistics show that there were almost 16,000 pupils on-roll at pupil referral units, and another 22,000 in other local authority alternative provision in January 2017 [XLS, table 1b]. These are pupils whose education is paid for by the state but who do not have places at state-funded mainstream or special schools. The different [...]
A short history of Ofsted short inspections
Is it proportionate for schools with a good inspection rating to receive inspections the same in length and scope to those received by schools which had exhibited weaknesses in the recent past? That, in short, was the thinking when new, short inspections for schools with good ratings were introduced by Sir Michael Wilshaw in September [...]