Specialist Resource Provision

The Special Resource Provision (SRP) is integrated within our school and is for students with an EHCP where their main presenting need is Speech, Language, Communication (SLCN) and Autism. This is a provision allocated and overseen by Hertfordshire Local Authority.

The SRP is for those students with SLCN and Autism who do not require a special school but do need additional support to access the learning in a mainstream setting. They are for young people with:

• a developmental language disorder and / or a severe motor speech disorder (developmental verbal dyspraxia)
• a social communication and social interaction difficulty who may acquire a diagnosis of autism

Students in the provision have access to the mainstream curriculum but have access to the support from the SRP where staff can help to provide a safe space where their needs can be met to reduce the stress of the environment.

The staff in the SRP are trained to support the young people’s emotional wellbeing and self-regulation, alongside their social and communication needs. As the students become more confident, they will spend an increasing amount of time in mainstream lessons alongside their peers. Their subject learning will be delivered by subject specialist teachers working towards 80% of their subject learning taking place in those classrooms with the remaining 20% in the SRP focussing on targeted support for their individual needs.

All student’s goals and journeys will be different, and the provision will be tailored to their needs.

We aim to give the students the relevant skills they need to be able to thrive and flourish beyond the schools setting and become rounded and successful young adults.

How are places allocated?

There are 20 spaces for students in years 7-11 AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT LONGDEAN’S SRP IS CURRENTLY FULL.

For a child to be admitted, the school must be named, by a local authority, in the child’s Education Health and Care plan and it has to go through the provision panel in the same way a specialist setting would be accessed. Parents wishing their children to benefit from our provision need to initially speak to your child’s current school and complete an Annual Review requesting the provision.

To request a change of provision or specialist setting you can:

• Contact your school SENDCo to arrange an Annual Review as this ensures the EHCP is an accurate reflection of your child’s needs, and you name the provision as part of this process
• The current school’s SENDCo will highlight the request for change of provision to the SEND team who will then put your child’s name on the waiting list to be taken to provision and placement panel – the panel consists of the Local Authority SEND team as well as Specialist Teachers, Educational Psychologists, the NHS Speech and Language therapists and other external agencies involved with the educational provision, they assess if the SEND of the young person meets the LA guidance for the requested provision.
• The SEND team will send a consultation to the requested provision in advance of panel to see if it is agreed that the student’s needs can be met
• The case is taken to panel and the SEND team inform the setting and parents of the outcome

Transition

We will work with the young person and their family to find a successful approach to transition that will be personalised and based on the young person’s individual needs and the circumstances. No one young person is the same as another and for this reason every transition will be tailored to the individual.