by Mia Brown | Feb 27, 2025 | ALIGN, Alternative Provision, Blog, Unregistered alternative provision
FollowFollowFollow Written By Eleanor Gibson Changing the Narrative: How Media Can Support Positive Perceptions of Alternative Provision (AP) Alternative Provision (AP) schools are vital for students who require a different approach to learning. They step in where...
by Alex Gray | Mar 29, 2024 | ALIGN, Alternative Provision, Blog, Ed-tech
The digital context in small provisions In a small setting like an alternative provision, youth work organisation or independent school it’s possible to feel a bit isolated and overwhelmed in terms of support for your digital needs. Maintained provisions like schools...
by Rachel O'Connor | Feb 5, 2024 | ALIGN, Alternative Provision, Blog
Introducing the Thrive Approach…. As an onsite school alternative provision, many of our young people come to us and they have high SEMH needs that the school want some help in supporting them with. We wanted to ensure that we could support young people in the best...
by align-ed.uk | Dec 8, 2023 | ALIGN, Alternative Provision, Blog
As I sit reading yet another young person’s paperwork, I feel an increasing sense of worry about the state of our education system for some young people. So many of the student profiles we are sent are for young people whose anxiety has been a catalyst for their...
by Alex Gray | Dec 1, 2023 | ALIGN, Alternative Provision, AP Curriculum, Blog, Ofsted
“Why register with Ofsted as an Alternative Provision? The SEND and AP Improvement Plan (March 2023) suggests that Ofsted will likely become more directly involved with monitoring “un-registered” provision in the future. The question of whether to register with the...
by Mark Wrangles | Nov 24, 2023 | ALIGN, Alternative Provision, Blog
Written By Mark Wrangles I have worked across both alternative provision and mainstream schools and have worked to support young people from both sides of the fence. As an AP the schools I have worked with have been varied in the levels of attention and input young...
