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...
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...
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...
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...
