Resources Helpful documents for those working in and with unregistered alternative provisions. ALIGN Resources 11th Dec ALIGN DFE Event Notes & Summary 11th Dec ALIGN DFE Event Powerpoint Slides Official Statement in Response to DFE Proposals 19th Nov 2025 ALIGN event response to DFE proposals 11th Sept 2025 ALIGN DFE meeting summary (Jan 2025) [Draft of] ALIGN Guidance for Unregistered AP (Dec 2024) Reports & publications Consultation Response (August 2025) Non-School AP – Voluntary National Standards (August 2025) Keeping Children Safe In Education Guidelines (September 2025) What Works: Four Tenets of Successful Internal AP (June 2025) Arranging Alternative Provision Guidelines (Feb 2025) Public Accounts Report on Children with SEND (Jan 2025) Children with complex needs who are deprived of liberty (Nov 2024) Analysis of Call for Evidence on Use of Unregistered AP (May 2024) An Alternative Route: Post 16 Support.... AP (May 2024) Reasonable Force, restraint and restrictive practices (April 2024) Children Missing Education: The Untold Story (Sept 2024) Youth Justice Board Strategy 2024-2027 (April 2024) Outcomes for Pupils who Experience Multiple Suspensions EPI Report (March 2024) Children's Commissioner's Report (Feb 2024) SEND & AP Improvement Plan (2023) Thematic Review of Alternative Provision in Local Areas (2024) Consultation on Unregistered AP /Draft Framework (May 2024) Joseph Rowntree Report Report on Destitution (2023) Social Mobility Report from the Sutton Trust (2023) IntegratEd Toolkit & Report (2022) Government Guidance Docs Pupil Behaviour Survey (April 2024) Creating a School Behaviour Culture Audit (April 2024) Alternative Provision Specialist Taskforces (March 2024) Online School Accreditation Scheme (2024) ITT For SEND & AP (May 2023) Keeping Children Safe in Education (2023) Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023) Policy Statement on Un-Registered Schools (2019) Independent School Standards (2019) Unregistered Independent Schools & Out of School Settings (2018) Investigate Research into Alternative Provision (2018) Alternative Provision Statutory Guidance (2013) Children Missing from Education (2016) Safeguarding-specific resources Race, Racism & Safegaurding Children (March 2025) NSPCC: Understanding and responding to sibling sexual harm and abuse (Nov 2024) What role does social media play in violence affecting young people? (Nov 2024) Helpful links Z Register an Independent School Checklist p Independent School Inspection Process p Guide to Starting an Alternative Provision p Excluded Lives Research Project Home Page w What the research shows us about good quality AP p AP Research Network Website Video, podcast & webinar content Alternative route: what's the picture in AP? (Ofsted Talks) The AP Market & Progress Tracking in AP What is Alternative Provision & Who is it For? Bullying, Victimisation & ACES seminar
