Dear Parent Carer,
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey, we believe this should take no more than 20 minutes to complete, but typically it is shorter than that. The information from this survey is going to be used to inform Solihull’s Alternative Provision Strategy and planning for services and support.
This questionnaire is most suitable if your child is or has been accessing alternative provision. However, if you have views on this area and your child hasn’t been in an alternative provision offer, we still would love to hear from you.
The government describe Alternative Provision (AP) as education arranged by local authorities for children who, because of exclusion, illness or other reasons, would not otherwise receive suitable education. Or education arranged by schools for children on a fixed period exclusion; and children being directed by schools to off-site provision for preventative interventions.
In practice this means it is support around your child(ren) where accessing full time mainstream education has become challenging for a variety of reasons. The support might be in school or through your child attending a different location.
Solihull has been building on its AP offer for some time and there has been additional capacity added to the system over the past few years. Because of this, a review of the Solihull AP offer is required. There are always opportunities for improvements so that as a community, children and young people who are not able to access full time mainstream school still have equal opportunities to access high quality education, employment and training.
Here are some of the Alternative Providers that are utilised in Solihull;
If you have any questions, or there is any additional detail you would like to be considered, please contact Kate Bradley, SEND Programme Manager kate.bradley@solihull.gov.uk
Many thanks,
Rose (Solihull Parent Carer Voice) and Kate (SEND Programme Manager)
