questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to enable (a) Social, Emotional and Mental Health provisions and (b) Pupil Referral Units to extend (i) academic and (ii) vocational education to post-16 students on the same site.
answerText: The statutory duty on local authorities to arrange alternative provision applies to children of compulsory school age. This includes a duty to arrange education for children who cannot attend school due to their mental or physical health needs.Although th...
heading: Further Education: Special Educational Needs