# London's alternative provision

> Local-authority-funded alternative-provision placements and their setting mix.

- Category: People
- Cadence: annual
- Status: Published on a annual cadence.
- Dataset key: `londons-alternative-provision`
- Source: [Department for Education](https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics)
- Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 — [terms](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)
- Canonical page: [https://londongraph.com/g/londons-alternative-provision](https://londongraph.com/g/londons-alternative-provision)
- Machine-readable record: [https://londongraph.com/data/londons-alternative-provision](https://londongraph.com/data/londons-alternative-provision)

## Methodology

Department for Education local-authority-funded alternative-provision placement counts. The filled map divides total placements by the all-pupil denominator from the compatible Schools, pupils and their characteristics release; exact counts use details and rankings, not area colour. Placements are not unique pupils and do not measure provision quality.

## Visualisations

- [Placement rate](https://londongraph.com/g/londons-alternative-provision): Compare placements per 1,000 pupils while retaining exact placement counts.
- [Distribution](https://londongraph.com/g/londons-alternative-provision?view=distribution): Inspect borough placement rates around the London median and quartiles.
- [Setting history](https://londongraph.com/g/londons-alternative-provision?view=setting-history): Follow published placement counts by alternative-provision setting type.
- [Latest setting mix](https://londongraph.com/g/londons-alternative-provision?view=setting-mix): Compare the latest London placement composition by setting type. Caveat: Placements are not unique pupils and setting types should not be ranked as quality.

## Citation guidance

Attribute the original publisher named above and identify LondonGraph as the visualisation and methodology layer. Do not describe live values as a historical census, and do not present placeholder values as observations.