Alternative Education: Cornwall

(asked on 22nd June 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of alternative provision placements in Cornwall; and what assessment he has made of the impact of the number of placements available on schools’ budgets.


Answered by
Claire Coutinho Portrait
Claire Coutinho
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
This question was answered on 27th June 2023

The department recognises that the quality of Alternative Provision placements in Cornwall is variable, and is also aware of the pressures that the reduced number of places has on schools. The department is engaging closely with the local authority and trusts in the local area to increase standards through supporting and challenging specialist trusts to ensure they are consistently delivering high quality provision, and encouraging strong mainstream trusts to consider working in the specialist sector in order to diversify provision in the area over time.

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