Roles and Responsibilities

The Flexible Procurement Agreement does not remove or affect any of the statutory obligations and duties upon schools in relation to the provision of education or the exclusion of children and young people from school. 

Any child or young person placed by a school in alternative education provision, either full or part time, remains on the roll of that school. 

The school remains responsible for delivering the full-time statutory education offer and all other duties in respect of that child. 

Where a child or group of children are engaged in a preventative programme, whether on or off-site, responsibility for the child(ren)/young person remains with the school.

Schools remain responsible for:

• Thoroughly assessing the needs of children and young people and making all reasonable efforts to support children through their existing resources.
• Seeking advice from appropriate specialist agencies to address and meet additional behaviour and education needs.
• Safeguarding
• Monitoring attendance at the AP provider
• Oversight of the quality of any alternative provision commissioned.
• Obtaining parental consent.