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 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 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...
by Catherine Brennan | Dec 9, 2025 | ALIGN, Blog
FollowFollowFollow Written By Dr Catherine Brennan Do the time limited placements support high standards? At the end of August the DfE published its much-anticipated Non-school Alternative Provision: Voluntary National Standards Framework; at the same...
by Catherine Brennan | Oct 3, 2025 | ALIGN, Blog
FollowFollowFollow Written By Dr Catherine Brennan Focus on Safeguarding One of the concerns often cited about non-school Alternative Provision is the vulnerability of children placed in these settings, and what’s seen as the variable quality of safeguarding...
