It is clear that alternative provision should only be a time-limited intervention with clear structures to ensure each pupil’s needs are being effectively supported. The Department should scrutinise its use and ensure they’re being used as methods of support to improve attendance, and discourage its use as a means to manage behaviour.

It is clear that alternative provision should only be a time-limited intervention with clear structures to ensure each pupil’s needs are being effectively supported. The Department should scrutinise its use and ensure they’re being used as methods of support to improve attendance, and discourage its use as a means to manage behaviour. Type: conclusion | Number: 25 | Paragraph: 119 | Response status: accepted Government response: The Government acknowledges that if needs and behaviours that present a barrier to attendance were addressed earlier, more children could be supported to thrive in their mainstream school. That is why the proposed alternative provision reforms will see alternative provision schools work closely in p