by Catherine Brennan | Jun 3, 2026 | Blog
FollowFollowFollow Last week my fellow ALIGN Executive Board Member, Dr Alexander Grey, and I were invited to participate in one of the DfE’s ‘deep dives’ into an aspect of the proposed SEND reforms. The session was focused on ways in which children on EOTAS ...
by Alex Gray | May 14, 2026 | Alternative Provision, Blog
I have the enormous privilege of working alongside a lot of non-school alternative provisions and independent special schools in my day to day work. Since the publication of the SEND Reform consultation and White Paper documents a few weeks ago, I have been reflecting...
by Mia Brown | May 12, 2026 | Blog
FollowFollowFollow By Leanne Jacques It is almost impossible to get away from the media circus around the Government’s SEND Reform proposals and consultation but at the centre of this are families and their children who have been consistently let down by the system....
by Mia Brown | May 5, 2026 | Blog
FollowFollowFollow By Rachel Girling Over the past decade, the landscape of education for children and young people with additional needs has been steadily shifting, but in recent years that shift has accelerated significantly. More families are reaching out for...
by Mia Brown | Apr 28, 2026 | Blog
FollowFollowFollow What It Means for Children Not on a School Roll - by Sharon Townsend As a network of non-school Alternative Provision (AP) providers, we welcome the ambition of the SEND reform to create a more inclusive, consistent and less adversarial system. The...
by Catherine Brennan | Mar 4, 2026 | ALIGN, Alternative Provision, Blog
FollowFollowFollow ‘Chaos and shape’: Transitions and transformations in non-school AP Like everyone else concerned with the non-school AP sector, I’ve been reflecting on the implications of the government’s drive towards all children receiving their education in...
