This is usually provided via an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) or IPS funding from Hartlepool Local Authority. This means your child will have been identified by the Senior Teacher for Inclusion and/or Additionally Resourced Provision Coordinator as needing a particularly high level of individual or small group support, which cannot be provided from the budget available to the college.
Usually your child will also need specialist support from a professional outside the school.
This may be from outside agencies such as Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy etc.
For your child this would mean:
- The college (or you) can request that the Local Authority carry out a statutory assessment of your child’s needs. This is a legal process which sets out the amount of support that will be provided for your child.
After we have sent in the request to the Local Authority (with a lot of information about your child, including some from you), they will decide whether they think your child’s needs (as described in the paperwork provided), seem appropriate to proceed to statutory assessment. If this is the case, we will work together with all professionals and family members to collectively write the EHCP.
If the referral is not successful, then your child will remain on the SEND Register and continue to be supported via the resources available within the school system.
Some students on the Special Educational Needs register require bespoke strategies and support to support them throughout their school journey. We ensure students have resources available to support them such as coloured overlays, reading pens, coloured exercise books and laptops where necessary.
