Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has provided to (a) HM Inspectors and (b) Ofsted Inspectors on recording in individual school reports whether a school uses (i) Alternative Provision, (ii) Alternative Provision which is or is not registered with Ofsted and (iii) Alternative Provision which is or is not otherwise regulated; and if she will place a copy of this information in the Library of the House of Commons.

This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the hon. member, and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

The department publishes statutory guidance for local authorities and schools on arranging and commissioning suitable alternative provision for children and young people. The guidance is available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/942014/alternative_provision_statutory_guidance_accessible.pdf.