Transition from Alternative Provision to post-16 settings: Navigating the challenges

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There is increased demand to know why pupils in Alternative Provision (AP) are less likelythan their peers in mainstream school to transition to post-16 education and training(Timpson, 2019). AP is education arranged for pupils who are unable to attend schoolbecause of permanent exclusion, mental and physical ill-health or behaviour problems (DfE,2013). The numbers of pupils in AP are rising - they currently stand at 1 in 200 each year(Gill, 2017). However, over 1 in 3 of these pupils fail to progress from Year 11 (age 16) toEducation, Employment and Training (EET) (DfE, 2018b). This research investigates how theynavigate this transition and contributes to a current national priority; how to increase theproportion who progress from AP to sustained EET (DfE, 2018). The focus in the study onwhat supports - and mitigates against - progression to EET, and therefore whereopportunities exist to reduce the number who fail to progress, makes the potential findingshighly relevant to policy and practice.