Is there an alternative to Alternative Provision?

Mainstream schools are increasingly just not an option for many children. The landscape of alternative education is vast. Places at special schools are expensive and hard to come by. In the meantime, 58,000 children in England with nowhere else to go are placed into Alternative Provision (AP), a number that is increasing year on year.

Whilst APs can serve as a necessary safety net for some, class, race and cultural biases around behaviour and diagnoses determine where children can attend. With the increasing privatisation of education finances and public spaces, who are the parties with capital interests in the expansion of APs and how are they profiting from the exclusion of society's most vulnerable children?

More information and suggested reading to follow - watch this space!