Equity of curriculum experiences for pupils who are educated other than at school (EOTAS)
Thematic Report
PRUs and mainstream schools should:
- Share practice with each other and work with local authorities, pupils, and parents to strengthen opportunities for pupils to return to mainstream education
- Monitor pupils’ attendance closely to ensure they access their full provision and, in particular, to safeguard pupils where they access education part-time in a different provider
Local authorities and their school improvement services should:
- Support more pupils to return to mainstream school where appropriate through:
- strengthening short term intensive support in EOTAS provision
- ensuring placement decisions are taken promptly and identify an agreed duration, clear roles and responsibilities and a review date
- Secure curriculum provision in PRUs which meets the needs of all pupils working with the management committee and teacher in charge
- Secure curriculum provision in EOTAS providers other than PRUs
- Strengthen the quality assurance and monitoring processes to ensure effective delivery of the curriculum offer in all EOTAS providers
- Robustly challenge and monitor the attendance of pupils across EOTAS providers including the appropriate use of part-time timetables and pastoral support programmes
The Welsh Government should:
- Update and ensure delivery of the EOTAS Framework for Action including all relevant accompanying EOTAS guidance to reflect the recommendations of this report