September 2016
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The focus for this seminar was key issues around school exclusions and alternative provision (AP). Sessions examined key proposals in the DfE’s ‘Educational Excellence Everywhere’ White Paper, including changes which aim to ensure mainstream schools remain accountable for the education of pupils in AP, are responsible for their own AP budgets and commissioning high quality provision, and are encouraged to open their own units. It followed the Department’s annual statistical release on permanent and fixed term exclusions in England which showed a rise in the number of exclusions for the third year in a row. This seminar also followed the publication of Ofsted’s latest three-year survey into the quality of AP in England, which called for greater awareness in the education sector of good practice in AP schools and academies. Delegates also considered school exclusions and how best to address illegal and unfair exclusions in schools and how behaviour management can help reduce the number of permanent and semi-permanent exclusions schools make. Additionally attendees reviewed the impact of the reformed oversight of school exclusions and where this leaves parents and students. The role of First Tier Tribunals and Independent Review Panels was also considered. As many AP units work towards converting to academies status by 2022, delegates also assessed the impact of alternative provision academies and free schools since their introduction in 2011, including what initial lessons can be learnt.
