Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of unregistered alternative education providers in England.

The information requested is not held centrally.

While Ofsted does not directly inspect unregistered settings, inspectors are expected to consider the progress of pupils who attend off-site provision as part of school and college inspections. In all cases, the local authority or school acting as the alternative provision commissioner, should assure themselves that the provision is delivered by high quality staff with suitable training, experience and safeguarding checks.