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Top-Up Funding
Connect top-up applications and decisions to the provision, cost and evidence they are intended to support.
Part of the Funding and Alternative Provision workflow
Back to SEND
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SEND / Funding and Alternative Provision
Connect funding decisions to the provision pupils actually receive
Track top-up funding, placements, attendance, reviews and evidence so cost, delivery and accountability stay together.
Student Radar keeps evidence and statutory workflows together. The SENCO and authorised staff remain responsible for decisions and support.
From need to reviewed support
Funding and Alternative Provision: from the pupil and their needs to provision and review
Funding and Alternative Provision is designed as a working route, not an isolated screen. The evidence, professional decision and next action remain connected throughout.
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Top-Up Funding
Connect top-up applications and decisions to the provision, cost and evidence they are intended to support.
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Alternative Provision
Keep placement, attendance, review and cost evidence together for pupils receiving alternative provision.
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Follow through from Funding and Alternative Provision
The SENCO can see what was agreed, what was delivered and what must be reviewed next. Funding and Alternative Provision keeps that next step attached to the original evidence.
Every capability has a purpose
Inside Funding and Alternative Provision
Each capability solves a distinct problem for pupils and staff. Explore the part your team needs and the work it supports.
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Alternative Provision
Keep placement, attendance, review and cost evidence together for pupils receiving alternative provision.
Part of the Funding and Alternative Provision workflow
Evidence in context
Funding and Alternative Provision brings need, provision and statutory context together
Track top-up funding, placements, attendance, reviews and evidence so cost, delivery and accountability stay together. Need, plans, delivery and review evidence stay beside the wider pupil picture instead of splitting into parallel records.
- Connect top-up applications and decisions to the provision, cost and evidence they are intended to support.
- Keep placement, attendance, review and cost evidence together for pupils receiving alternative provision.
What changes when Funding and Alternative Provision is connected
The value of Funding and Alternative Provision is the route from current evidence to an accountable next step, with the people and context around the work kept visible.
Top-Up Funding
Connect top-up applications and decisions to the provision, cost and evidence they are intended to support.
Alternative Provision
Keep placement, attendance, review and cost evidence together for pupils receiving alternative provision.
Follow through from Funding and Alternative Provision
The SENCO can see what was agreed, what was delivered and what must be reviewed next. Funding and Alternative Provision keeps that next step attached to the original evidence.
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
See Funding and Alternative Provision in the context of your school
Request access to the Demo School, or ask us to walk through Funding and Alternative Provision using the questions your team needs to answer.