Research and analysis

Alternative school provision: findings of a three year survey

Findings from an Ofsted survey on the use of off-site alternative provision by schools and pupil referral units.

• From: Ofsted
• Published: 2 July 2014
• Last updated: 9 February 2016
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  1. 9 February 2016

     Updated with the final survey findings.

  2. 2 July 2014

     First published.

Documents

Alternative provision: the findings from Ofsted’s three-year survey of schools’ use of off-site alternative provision

MS Word Document, 946 KB

Alternative provision: the findings from Ofsted’s three-year survey of schools’ use of off-site alternative provision

PDF, 830 KB, 52 pages

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Findings presentation with discussion activities for schools, local authorities/partnerships/academy chains and providers

http://www.slideshare.net/Ofstednews/alternativeprovisionpointsfordiscussionfortraining

Alternative provision: a report on the findings from the first year

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Alternative provision: a report on the findings from the first year

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Details

In 2011, Ofsted published a survey report on the use of off-site alternative provision by schools and pupil referral units. The survey identified successful features of alternative provision and commented on a range of weaknesses that inspectors had found during their visits.

As a result of the survey’s findings, the Department for Education (DfE) commissioned Ofsted to carry out a second survey on the same topic. This page has the findings from the first year of this survey as well as the final findings.