Among his recommendations are for all failing PRUs to be taken over by successful units, academy sponsors or closed down within the next six years. However, ideally, all PRUs should become academies, according to Taylor. This, he believes, would give units greater freedoms to form partnerships with other schools.
The review also seeks improvements to teacher training, with trainee teachers being offered the chance to become behaviour specialists in PRUs.
In his report, Taylor describes the current provision of alternative education to challenging pupils as "flawed".
He states: "By freeing outstanding alternative provision providers to do what they do best and share this with others, we can ensure we drive up standards. A new breed of teachers trained in specialist behaviour management will help improve alternative provision and then act as a specialist cadre of teachers sharing their skills with others in the profession."
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