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Too much software or not enough? Digital strategy tips for small settings.
Digital strategy in small settings In a small setting like an alternative provision, youth work organisation or independent school it’s possible to feel a bit isolated and overwhelmed in terms of support for your digital needs. Maintained provisions like schools have...
What does the latest DfE attendance guidance mean for unregistered APs and Independent Special Schools
Last week the Department for Education issued its guidance for education settings who must follow new rules on supporting, monitoring, and recording attendance as of this September. The guidance sets out how the Working Together to Improve School Attendance (May 2022)...
YOU HQ Article: From the extreme end of behaviour management
Originally published for YOUHQ 22.11.23 I spent the last eight years as a senior leader in an Alternative Provision for pupils excluded from mainstream settings. Many of the pupils I had the privilege to work with were from backgrounds where parents face genuine...
To register or not to register? – the Ofsted question in Alternative Provision
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...
Being the Adult in Behaviour Management
Behaviour Management in Alternative Provision Children who struggle to cope in mainstream settings often present with behaviour which the adults find difficult to deal with. There are different schools of thought about how best schools should manage problematic...
Alternative Provision: The “Hidden Hive”
APs are a hive of innovation I have spent a fair bit of time thinking lately about the industrious nature of alternative provision settings. Despite facing the same huge challenges around resources as mainstream schools, APs often deal with even higher levels of need...
SEND & AP Improvement Plan: Technical Solutions to Evidencing National Standards
Why is evidence of progress so important in SEND and AP contexts? I want to preface this blog with the assertion that it’s important to have strong evidence of student progress in Alternative Provision, not only because of the demands of commissioners and regulators,...
Social Mobility and Lost Potential – Why Progress Tracking Matters
The Sutton Trust’s recent longitudinal study entitled Social Mobility: The Next Generation- Lost Potential at Age 16 (June 2023) highlights what many of us working with children and young people already know – the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged learners is...
What is “banking compassion” and why does in matter in Alternative Provision schools?
Banking compassion is a key concept in working with children and young people with behavioural difficulties…
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