Community Based Out of School Provision

Cornwall Council would like to work together with independent agencies as partners to provide the best available out of education provision and specialist placements for children and young people currently unable to access full-time, mainstream education. The creation of an Approved Provider List will enable us to do so.

The Approved Provider List specification has been developed through dialogue with representatives of independent third sector providers. It sets out our approach to working collaboratively with our trusted providers, based on a shared responsibility to ensure a variety of provision to support children and young people’s educational needs, improving their outcomes, fulfilling their potential and giving them a chance of a brighter future.

Cornwall Council are looking for providers to apply a person-centred approach to support young people’s educational needs to deliver the intended outcomes of their personalised Education, Health and Care Plans (EHC Plan)(if applicable), or outcomes made in agreement with the Local Authority and/or base school, thereby making a tangible contribution to all aspects of an individual’s progress.

Providers are invited to submit a Tender by completing all sections of Application for APL Tender Submission, in Section 3. When Cornwall Council wants to source provision for an individual it will issue a ‘Service Request’ which may, in the first instance be restricted to providers within a geographical proximity to the individual. Where there are providers in the same geographic area with an almost identical offer, the Cornwall Council EOTAS and SEN practitioners will always opt for the Best Value offer. Where there are no suitable providers, or providers with capacity within a geographical proximity to the individual, Cornwall Council will issue a ‘Service Request’, to all providers on the Approved Provider List.

Attachments are available on the Supplying the South West/ Proactis/Due North System in order to apply and review the Specification and further supporting documents.