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New guidance from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for visits looking at how children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are being prepared for adulthood.

• Updated: 8 February 2024

Plan for better, fairer access to high quality special educational needs and disabilities support.

• Updated: 2 March 2023

New Ofsted research, published today, finds a lack of access to specialist help means more primary school children with additional needs are being referred to alternative provision (AP).

• Updated: 8 November 2022

Young people who are most at risk of serious violence or gang exploitation will receive targeted support to keep them engaged in education and attending lessons

• Updated: 17 December 2021

£24 million regional fund for children's social care, including funding to support unaccompanied minors

• Updated: 8 July 2021

Vicky Ford addresses the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) annual conference

• Updated: 8 July 2021

More than 11,000 vulnerable young people to receive support to move into next stage of education or employment

• Updated: 4 June 2020

Amanda Spielman discusses Ofsted's report on knife crime. The report looks at exclusions, working with agencies and education about staying safe.

• Updated: 12 March 2019

Nine projects across the country have been awarded a share of £4million to transform the education and outcomes of children taught in alternative provision.

• Updated: 6 August 2018

An Ofsted report on alternative provision for schools has set out its findings and made a number of recommendations for school leaders.

• Updated: 10 February 2016

A raft of measures to tackle disruptive behaviour in classrooms.

• Updated: 8 March 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Charlie Taylor: Academy freedoms for pupil referral units will help fix the flawed system that is failing vulnerable children.

• Updated: 27 February 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The first ever special and alternative provision free schools have been approved to open from September 2012.

• Updated: 14 November 2011

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Statistics published for the first time highlight the ‘shameful’ education for children in alternative provision.

• Updated: 1 July 2011

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government