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“Unregistered” Provision, A Dirty Word? Westminster Insight’s Alternative Provision Conference Review

“Unregistered” Provision, A Dirty Word? Westminster Insight’s Alternative Provision Conference Review

by Alex Gray | Dec 18, 2024 | Alternative Provision, Blog, Unregistered alternative provision

“Unregistered” Provision, A Dirty Word?   Westminster Insight’s Alternative Provision Conference Review   On 27th November, ALIGN steering group members attended the 3rd annual Westminster Insights Alternative Provision Conference in London. The event...
Unregistered APs: A Catalyst for Educational Change

Unregistered APs: A Catalyst for Educational Change

by Mia Brown | Oct 18, 2024 | Alternative Provision, Blog, Unregistered alternative provision

By Owen Kaura Follow When it comes to alternative education, unregistered alternative provisions (APs) often get a bad rap. While concerns about regulation and oversight are valid, there’s another side to the story that’s worth exploring. Here’s a look at the positive...
Key Points for Unregistered Alternative Provision: Summary

Key Points for Unregistered Alternative Provision: Summary

by Alex Gray | Jul 17, 2024 | Alternative Provision, Blog, Unregistered alternative provision

In May 2024 the Department for Education published its analysis of the call for evidence completed in September 2022. While it contains lots of interesting analysis of commissioning arrangements at the local authority level, there are also some key take-aways for...
Too much software or not enough? Digital strategy for small settings

Too much software or not enough? Digital strategy for small settings

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...
Curious not furious? Why the Thrive approach was the best choice for our alternative provision

Curious not furious? Why the Thrive approach was the best choice for our alternative provision

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...
The Rising Cases of School Avoidance

The Rising Cases of School Avoidance

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...
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