Alternative Education Provision

education outside school, arranged by local authorities or schools, for pupils who do not attend mainstream school for reasons such as school exclusion, behaviour issues, school refusal, or short- or long-term illness

  • Independent Alternative Provision

    How much money did the council spend on placements for pupils in independent alternative provision (also known as pupil referral units) in the following financial years? 2024/25, 2023/24, 2022/23, and 2019/20. 2019/20 – £6,830,701 2022/23 – £5,866,949 2023/24 – £6,359,112 … Continue reading →

  • Post-16 EOTAS / EOTIC packages

    1) How many post-16 Education Otherwise than at School (EOTAS) and Education Otherwise than at College (EOTIC) packages are currently in place since 2021? For clarification, this means all new and existing ones. 185. 2) Of those, how many have … Continue reading →

  • Alternative Provision tutoring and mentoring

    Please may you provide me with the following information, relating to Alternative Provision (AP) tuition and mentoring arranged by the Local Authority which is external.  1. The total number of children and young people who undertook external Alternative Provision tutoring … Continue reading →

  • Section 19 and Alternative Providers

    Please provide the following information for: Section 19 and Alternative Providers: 1. How many days on average are children left without an educational provision? Compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom … Continue reading →

  • Special School Rejections

    For each of the last two calendar years (2023 and 2024) could you please provide me with: The total number of applications to attend a special school (by which I mean a school that caters specifically for students with special … Continue reading →

  • Home Educating

    1) Please provide a copy of the initial contact letter sent to new home educators in your Local Authority. The families of children that previously attended school will receive one of two initial contact letters. One of the letters offers … Continue reading →

  • EHCP School Placement

    Please tell me the annual cost for an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) school placement for the following schools: ACE, Tiverton £32,960 Magdalen Court, Exeter £23,884