Specialist provisions

Children and young people may have multiple conditions and/or diagnoses, but all learners will be considered to have severe, complex and enduring needs that can be summarised with some, or all of the characteristics as follows:

• intellectual disability
• physical and/or medical health needs
• specific medical diagnosis e.g., Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Downs’ Syndrome
• sensory processing needs and/or
• social and emotional needs

In addition to the characteristics above, children and young people allocated a place in any of our specialist provisions will be assessed as requiring:

• a level and pace of learning significantly below that of their peers across all areas of the curriculum;
• a highly individualised and highly adapted approach to learning and teaching and access to specialist resources and facilities;
• a highly individualised and adapted augmentative communication approach to learning and teaching across the curriculum;
• highly individualised planning, assessment, and review often coordinated by a multi-agency team and
• a classroom environment where there is a higher ratio of staff to learners