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Hospital school

Education provided for children who are in hospital or unable to attend school for medical reasons, run by the local authority or as an academy.

Used in
All four UK nations (details may differ)
Topic
Types of school

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Alternative provision (AP) England
Education arranged for pupils who cannot attend mainstream school, for example because of exclusion, illness or other reasons, often in a pupil referral unit or AP academy. In England AP is the usual abbreviation; do not confuse with US Advanced Placement.

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