Helping you help young people thrive

Welcome to AP Finder. Your AP listing may already be live. We’ve pre-listed hundreds of providers using the latest technology and are connecting alternative provisions to schools and local authorities on a scale never seen before — now it’s up to you to take the reins.

Why It Matters

Behind every search is a young person who needs the right support
Schools, local authorities, and professionals rely on AP Finder to quickly find and connect with the right provision.
Onsite Alternative Provisions, Outreach services and national/online tutoring organisations use AP Finder to quickly let local schools and commissioners know what they can offer.
We’ve pre-built a directory of AP services to save time — and now we want to make sure your profile reflects what makes your offer special.

🔎 Step 1: Find your listing
✍️ Step 2: Claim and update it
🚀 Step 3: Start getting discovered

Who Uses APFinder

Your profile is visible to:

Schools & academies
SENCOs and DSLs
Local authorities
Virtual school teams
Youth offending services
Outreach & reintegration officers
Education welfare teams
Commissioning groups and more…

What You Get

We exist to help them find you faster, more clearly, and with confidence. With commissioners increasingly expected to undertake their own quality assurance and waiting times to be placed on approved Local Authority frameworks taking longer, AP Finder can help increase your online presence immediately, getting in front of the right people at the right time.

✅ A professional, searchable listing
✅Direct links enabling commissioners to get in touch quickly
✅ Control over what’s shown and how you’re contacted
✅ Visibility that saves time and builds trust

“It’s what the sector has been calling out for”

Why APs Trust Us

We’re built by people who understand AP
AP Finder was created to help professionals make confident placement decisions — and help you get seen by the right people.
We don’t charge for access to our directory. AP’s can list freely if they wish to. Our priority is visibility first – we want to build a community for all our AP Partners to make it easier to go out and do what they do best – making a difference to young people’s lives.

Outreach Provider?

We think you have an amazing role to play too.
Increasingly recognised in the sector, the role of professionals going into schools and other settings to deliver specific interventions and provide advice and training has never been more important. If you want to list your services on here, you can do so by visiting our Outreach Provider page and signing up.

What It Costs

We believe every great AP should join us— so for onsite AP we offer two listing options:

✅ Free Listing (Always Free)

A simple, searchable profile to help professionals discover you.

Basic service details
Appears in all relevant searches
Visible to all site visitors
Updates allowed (subject to moderation)
Already listed? Claim your page and update it free.
💸 £0.00 – Ongoing

⭐ Premium Listing (More Control, More Visibility)

AP Finder is focused on promoting the AP sector, particularly increasingly visibility for unregistered alternative provision and creating opportunities wherever possible. To help provisions build the best possible profile and stand out from the crowd, we offer a premium listing type. Not only does this support the work of this vital resource, expanding it’s reach ever further and developing new tools, it also provides many other benefits to provision owners directly…

Add extended descriptions including details of the quality of your education, site safety, quality assurance and more…
Upload images and other files
Advertise jobs for free, linked to your provisions profile.
Control your content and update it immediately, no approval required.
And more tools in development….
Highlight your approach, outcomes & success stories
💡 3 months free, then just £5/month
🟢 Add Premium Listing Now

Add Your Listing Now

Do you provide services nationally or online?

We know many valued services are provided online or via large companies based in multiple locations nationally.

If this is you, visit our National Providers page and sign up for a free account. You will be able to create a stand alone listing for your service. In the near future we will be offering advertising services for these profiles as well as the ability to list job vacancies and more. Add your listing here and join the UK’s largest Alternative Provision Directory.

Are you responsible for AP in the Local Authority?

We have created pages for all our wonderful Local Authorities to give them the chance to create an up to date directory on AP Finder, completely free.

If this interests you, you can search for your local authority here using the drop down menu on “Type” to select Local Authority. When you find your listing, you will find the option to “Claim Listing” featured on the page – click this to get in touch, find more Alternative Provision and start building your own customer local AP directory on AP Finder.

FAQs

🟨 I didn’t add my service — why is it listed?
We’ve used verified public data and trusted sources to create a starter directory. Now it’s time to add your voice.

🟨 Can I edit my listing?
Yes — once you claim it, you can update and manage it anytime.

🟨 I can’t find my listing. What now?
No problem — you can create a new profile in minutes: Add a Listing

🟨 Do I need to pay?
No. It’s free to list and be found. Premium features are optional.

Join the UK’s Largest Alternative Provision Directory Now

We want to keep growing this unique resource and we need your help to do it.

🟢 Tell us about a listing
🔵 Add your own listing
👋 Get in touch