The National Database of Providers of Alternative Provision
This database is an on-line directory of providers of alternative provision in England. Alternative provision is commissioned by local authorities and schools for children and young people of compulsory school age who cannot attend a mainstream or special school (because of illness or exclusion from school for example), or who are disaffected/disengaged from education and at risk of exclusion.
The database does not include providers offering education directly to parents who teach their children at home, home tutors aimed at providing extra help to children and young people outside of school hours, or youth work.
IMPORTANT:
Inclusion of a provider on the database does not constitute a mark of quality assurance or endorsement by DCSF. No checks have been made on the information put forward by the providers, including Companies House, Charity Commission or HMRC registration information. We do not inspect, audit or appraise the providers who appear on the database. Inclusion on the database is not, therefore, an indication that DCSF has 'approved' a provider or the provision it offers and the DCSF is not responsible for the quality and conduct of any of the providers registered. Local authorities and schools should take the same care that they already do in assessing the suitability of providers, including ensuring that they have the relevant health and safety, insurance and safeguarding processes in place.
Commissioners must ensure that private providers are registered with the DCSF as independent schools, where appropriate. Local authorities and schools should not offer contracts to a provider which should be registered as an independent school but is not registered as such. Any provider which operates in these circumstances is acting unlawfully.
If in doubt, Commissioners should check the registration of independent schools website to see whether a provider qualifies to register as an independent school.
View the National Database of Providers of Alternative Provision.
Providers: You can register with the database here.
Contact: If you have any questions on the database or you are a provider who wishes to change, or correct any errors on your database entry, please contact Tim Youlden by email or call 020 7273 5666.
Last updated: 13 August 2009
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