Tender: Dorset Council Framework for Alternative Provision, Inclusion and Re-engagement for Children and Young People

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Dorset Council is seeking suppliers to join a two-year framework (with 2 x 1-year optional extensions) to arrange suitable education and training for children and young people who cannot access mainstream schooling due to exclusion, illness, fixed-period exclusion, behavioural or other needs. The Framework is designed as a short-term, high-quality intervention to re-engage pupils and support progress back to mainstream provision or onto post-16 pathways and comprises five Lots: 1) Ofsted registered Alternative Provision, 2) Inclusion support, 3) Re-engagement, 4) Teaching, and 5) Progress to settled adulthood. The Council’s delivery model aligns with national SEND and alternative provision proposals, requires providers to respond to future national changes, runs from September 2022, accepts applications at any time with termly evaluation ahead of call-offs, allows educational establishments in Dorset to call off only from Lot 2 (including maintained schools, academies, special schools and PRUs as listed on the Council directory), and places no limit on the number of suppliers admitted.