Quality Assurance Protocol for Specialist and Alternative Provisions (September 2025)
Scope
The Quality Assurance protocol applies to:
- maintained special schools
- independent and non-maintained special schools (in and out of area)
- Alternative Provision (AP) settings on Stockton-on-Tees' AP framework
Separate Quality Assurance protocols exist for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Units and Additionally Resourced Provisions.