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 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...
by Catherine Brennan | Nov 17, 2023 | ALIGN, Alternative Provision, Blog
I missed this Schools Week article when it came out at the beginning of October. I’m always uncomfortable with tabloid approaches to serious problems, and this is no exception. The largely unattributed quotes in this piece about practice in some ‘unregistered’ APs...
