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Time limits on placements, new national standards and a council-run quality-assurance process proposed by the DfE
Ministers say unregistered provision should be 'an intervention, not a destination'
Leading academy trust secures four alternative provision free schools while others are snubbed
Taxis pull up throughout the day outside the brightly painted Magpie Centre to drop off its growing cohort of...
'Too many children have negative experiences in AP', report says, with lack of oversight leading to 'ineffective practice'
Catching staff from alternative provision (AP) settings smoking weed alongside the young people they were responsible for was a...
A third of councils still had waiting lists this summer for PRU places
Calls for statutory registration and 'light-touch' regulation to ensure vulnerable children are 'brought back into view'
