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SEND / Alternative Provision
Alternative Provision: connect placements, checks and feedback
Student Radar helps school staff bring providers, pupil placements, recorded checks, session feedback and supporting documents together so they can see what has been checked and what needs review.
A checklist percentage is not a safety or suitability certificate. Planned provision, school-recorded sessions and provider-shared updates remain distinct evidence for authorised staff to review.
Before the next lesson
Keep the placement, checks and session record connected.
Record the provider and pupil placement, review school-held checks and keep session attendance and feedback beside the supporting evidence.
01
Record the agreed arrangement
Choose the intended pupil/provider, purpose, planned pattern and review/reintegration context.
02
Review the outstanding checks
Read provider due diligence and placement checks separately, with critical gaps and evidence withdrawal still visible.
03
Keep session evidence current
Explicitly log attendance, known minutes and feedback, then inspect the saved entry and any separate provider updates.
Commissioning context
Read the saved pupil placement
The register keeps provider, status, review, available check coverage and recent session context together for the commissioning school.
Provider context
Link the placement to its provider
Create a provider record with the known contact information before adding the pupil placement. Provider checks remain distinct from pupil-placement checks.
Agreed arrangement
Make purpose and next review explicit
Record the pupil, provider, purpose, status, dates and reintegration plan, then explicitly create the placement and check the result.
Checks with limits
Keep outstanding checks visible
Read criticality, stage and evidence requirements. Status selection saves immediately where authorised; withdrawn evidence requires review.
Saved session
Keep attendance, minutes and feedback together
Log the actual school-recorded session explicitly and check the saved result. Unknown minutes differ from zero; session feedback is not proof of educational impact.
Phone follow-up
Read the record where the work happens
Open the placement section and inspect its saved session or check on a phone before deciding what needs follow-up.
Keep the next decision grounded in the record
A checklist percentage is not a safety or suitability certificate. Planned provision, school-recorded sessions and provider-shared updates remain distinct evidence for authorised staff to review.
Record explicit session facts without inferring attendance from a plan
Keep outstanding checks and withdrawn-evidence review visible
Questions about Alternative Provision
Can staff keep provider updates alongside school records?
The placement workspace includes provider information, school-recorded checks, session logging, documents and a separate Provider updates section.
Do recorded compliance checks certify a provider?
The record describes what the school has checked and what still needs review. Staff inspect the underlying evidence rather than treating a completed screen as independent certification.
Related help guides
See how to carry out these tasks in Student Radar, with step-by-step product help for the people using them.
The value of a connected school
A plan matters when support reaches the child.
Bring the evidence around provision into the review, so the SENCO and teaching team can decide the next step together.
AttendanceAbsence & late arrival
AssessmentRecorded learning & small steps
Family communicationFamily contributions & reviews
SEND
Context for the next step
Student RadarFollow a connection to see what it makes possible
Relevant context, with access set by each staff member’s role and responsibilities. Staff decide the response.
Attendance + SEND
Check attendance alongside planned support
Look at absence and late arrival around provision. A pupil may have a plan in place and still miss opportunities to receive that support.
Explore attendanceAssessment + SEND
Bring progress evidence to the review
Consider recorded learning and small steps alongside targets and provision. Keep the evidence visible while staff judge what is helping and what needs another look.
Explore assessmentFamily communication + SEND
Include the people who know the pupil
Gather family contributions and coordinate review conversations around the same pupil, with named actions and dates to keep the agreed work moving.
Explore family communication
Ask to see a placement from agreement to session record
Walk through a fictional provider, a saved placement, outstanding checks and a confirmed attended session, retaining the differences between plan, record and outcome.