Alternative provision: Who is it really for?

Johnston, Craig

Abstract

This article examines, in detail, how educational sub-systems have developed, the laments from politicians and the media that ‘the SEND system is broken’, especially through debt, and whether and how the efforts to link SEND and seemingly endless forms of alternative Provision more closely is working (or intended to work) under a recently elected Labour government. The article concludes that although current policy suggests that there will be more ‘inclusion’ of children and young people regarded as concerns or disadvantaged by the education system, the organisation, funding and curriculum in separate spaces may mean that SEND and AP are a separate
schooling system and will continue to be treated as such.

• Acceptance Date: Jun 18, 2025
• Online Publication Date: Jul 11, 2025
• Publication Date: Jul 11, 2025
• Deposit Date: Jul 23, 2025
• Keywords: Alternative Provision
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/14712222
• Publisher URL: https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/