Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the level of educational outcomes of students attending Pupil Referral Units.

The attainment of pupils, at the end of Key Stage 4, in 2017/18 for Pupil Referral Units schools is provided in the attached table.

There are many reasons why children who attend Alternative Provision (AP) at Key Stage 4 may face challenges gaining GCSE grades so it is vital that they receive a high quality education. The Department is just as ambitious for pupils in AP as we are for those in mainstream schools.

That is why the Department published its AP reform roadmap last March, setting out its vision to ensure all AP settings provide high quality education, and the routes into and out of AP settings work in the best interests of children, to improve their outcomes and allow them to fulfil their potential.

The Department has already made progress and have launched a £4 million AP Innovation Fund, which is delivering nine projects across the country.