Support & Advice

Department for Education guidance documents

Creating opportunity for all – Our vision for alternative provision (March 2018) (opens in new tab)

Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions (Dec 2015) (opens in new tab)

SEND Code of Practice: 0 – 25 years (Jan 2015) (opens in new tab)

Alternative Provision – statutory guidance for Local Authorities (Jan 2013) (opens in new tab)

Mental health and behaviour in schools (Nov 2018) (opens in new tab)

Timpson Review of School Exclusion (opens in new tab)

House of Commons Education Committee documents

Forgotten children: alternative provision and the scandal of ever increasing exclusions (July 2018) (opens in new tab)

Special Educational Needs & Disabilities – first report 2019/20 (Oct 2019) (opens in new tab)

Department of Health & Social Care guidance documents

Hospital education: a guide for health services (opens in new tab)

Other useful documents

Children with medical needs. What schools and settings need to know. (NASEN) (opens in new tab)

Exemplar local authority policy for Arranging education for children who cannot attend school because of health needs (opens in new tab)

Arranging education for children who cannot attend school because of health needs  DfE, 2023   (opens in new tab)

SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan DfE, 2023