Out-of-School Education

(asked on 6th February 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the 2022 School Census, how many children were placed in unregistered alternative provision by a local authority or a school for (1) any part of their education, (2) a majority of their education, or (3) all of their education.


Answered by
Baroness Barran Portrait
Baroness Barran
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This question was answered on 20th February 2023

The department collects information on pupils in local authority placements who are placed with unregistered providers in the alternative provision census and, since 2022, arrangements made by schools via the schools census.

As of January 2022, there were 35,600 pupils in local authority placements, of which 2,800 were placements in unregistered providers. Data broken down by how many children were placed in these settings for any part of their education, a majority of their education, or all of their education is not available.

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