Each year, Alternative Education provides education to over 2,000 young people who have been disengaged from education and who have high and complex needs. Many are exposed to crime, violence, and trauma, and just under a third have a mental health need. Almost two in five have been referred to attendance services and one in four have been suspended.
The Education Review Office (ERO), in partnership with the Social Wellbeing Agency (SWA), has looked at how well the education system is supporting young people in Alternative Education.
This study describes what we found and what is needed to significantly improve education for these young people.
Alternative Education - Report and summary
- Published: 27 Jun 2023
An Alternative Education? Support for our most disengaged young people
Each year, Alternative Education provides education to over 2,000 young people who have been disengaged from education and who have high and complex needs. The Education Review Office (ERO), in partnership with the Social Wellbeing Agency (SWA), looked at how well the education system is supporting young people in Alternative Education. This study describes what we found and what is needed to significantly improve education for these young people.
- Published: 27 Jun 2023
An Alternative Education? Support for our most disengaged young people - Summary
Each year, Alternative Education provides education to over 2,000 young people who have been disengaged from education and who have high and complex needs. The Education Review Office (ERO), in partnership with the Social Wellbeing Agency (SWA), has looked at how well the education system is supporting young people in Alternative Education. This study describes what we found and what is needed to significantly improve educa
Alternative Education - Short guides
- Published: 27 Jun 2023
An Alternative Education? A guide for school leaders
This guide is for school leaders who have, or are considering referring learners to Alternative Education.
- Published: 27 Jun 2023
An Alternative Education? A guide for educators and Alternative Education providers
This guide is for educators and providers that work with young people in Alternative Education. It shares what we heard from the young people, educators, and providers we talked to in Alternative Education, what we found out about what good provision looks like, and the changes to provision that we are rec
- Published: 27 Jun 2023
Young people talk about learning in Alternative Education
We talked to some young people and adults at different Alternative Education places.
