Support and guidance is accessed from the Croydon Specialist Teaching Service (Hearing Impairment and Visual Impairment) and via the outreach offer from Croydon’s Special Schools and Enhanced Learning Provisions. Advice, information and training from local support services such as the Educational Psychology Service and the Children with Disabilities Team; via the Learning Without Boundaries training offer; and via the local and national voluntary sector. 6.2 DESCRIPTORS OF PROVISION FOR PUPILS IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS The descriptors below are those currently used to assign funding based on the complexity and resource intensiveness of provision required for individual pupils. This is subject to an annual moderation exercise. The descriptors have not yet been reviewed against the new Code of Practice. Additional BANDS Place Funding Exceptional 1 Exceptional 2 Exceptional 3 Exceptional 4 Needs Typically pupils Typically pupils Typically pupils need Typically Typically Typically requires who can can manage regular, additional pupils require requires constant 1:2 manage within only within a time from a range of constant constant 1:1 support throughout the overall small group adults. interventions support the day and organisation and require They may make on a daily basis throughout the individual and curriculum close frequent demands from a range of day and strategies/resources but who, on supervision for support because adults. They individual to support learning. Staffing occasions and of their may be unable strategies to Typically has Model require some interventions learning/behavioural to interact support additional diagnosis low level from staff difficulties and/or greatly with learning. Most and involvement additional because of their other pupils pupils will from other supervision and dependency on and staff due feature in professionals intervention for adults for their to learning more than one mothers, over needs. and/or social category, with and above the difficulties the exception class team e.g. of Emotional, Speech and Behavioural
Support and guidance is accessed from the Croydon Specialist Teaching Service (Hearing Impairment and Visual Impairment) and via the outreach offer from Croydon’s Special Schools and Enhanced Learning Provisions. Advice, information and training from local support services such as the Educational Psychology Service and the Children with Disabilities Team; via the Learning Without Boundaries training offer; and via the local and national voluntary sector. 6.2 DESCRIPTORS OF PROVISION FOR PUPILS IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS The descriptors below are those currently used to assign funding based on the complexity and resource intensiveness of provision required for individual pupils. This is subject to an annual moderation exercise. The descriptors have not yet been reviewed against the new Code of Practice. BANDS Place Funding Additional Needs Exceptional 1 Exceptional 2 Exceptional 3 Exceptional 4 Staffing Model Typically pupils who can manage within the overall organisation and curriculum but who, on occasions require some low level additional supervision and intervention for mothers, over and above the class team e.g. Speech and Typically pupils can manage only within a small group and require close supervision and interventions from staff Typically pupils need regular, additional time from a range of adults. They may make frequent demands for support because of their learning/behavioural difficulties and/or because of their dependency on adults for their needs. Typically pupils require constant interventions on a daily basis from a range of adults. They may be unable to interact greatly with other pupils and staff due to learning and/or social difficulties Typically requires constant 1:1 support throughout the day and individual strategies to support learning. Most pupils will feature in more than one category, with the exception of Emotional, Behavioural Typically requires constant 1:2 support throughout the day and individual strategies/resources to support learning. Typically has additional diagnosis and involvement from other professionals
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