Day pupils generally come, from Somerset and its surrounding counties within a one hour travelling distance for our School. Residential and Boarding placements are from any county. The School Handbook, school policies offer further information and can be obtained on our website http://www.3dimensions.org.uk/school/ along with contact details. Information includes Admissions & Referrals and Local Offer for Parents. Curriculum, Safeguarding and Complaints policies and other information is easily accessible online to both parents and local authorities. Printed copies of these documents are also available on request by contacting the school. We must feel the programme we provide coincides with the pupils on-going Education/Care Plan also that we are able to meet the educational needs of the young people and implement their Placement Plan to encourage each young person to work towards a positive future. Our gate keeping procedure requires current issues of the pupils in school/residents in placement to be taken into consideration when making decisions concerning other potential referrals. This will be at the discretion of the Care Manager and Education Manager in liaison with the Referrer or Local Authority. Planned placements will be sought, giving an opportunity for the relevant Managers to meet with the young person prior to placement. This works for the benefit of the young person referred and young people already in the home and/or school. Process A young person may be referred by the LEA or through Social Care from a Local Authority, we will require from them, Current situation & Prior History including any Assessments to enable us to consider the application. Prospective pupils will normally require a differentiated curriculum due to their special educational needs, have challenging behaviour and/or a Social, Learning and/or related Communication difficulty and may have a Statement of Special Educational Needs/ Education or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
Day pupils generally come, from Somerset and its surrounding counties within a one hour travelling distance for our School. Residential and Boarding placements are from any county. The School Handbook, school policies offer further information and can be obtained on our website http://www.3dimensions.org.uk/school/ along with contact details. Information includes Admissions & Referrals and Local Offer for Parents. Curriculum, Safeguarding and Complaints policies and other information is easily accessible online to both parents and local authorities. Printed copies of these documents are also available on request by contacting the school. We must feel the programme we provide coincides with the pupils on-going Education/Care Plan also that we are able to meet the educational needs of the young people and implement their Placement Plan to encourage each young person to work towards a positive future. Our gate keeping procedure requires current issues of the pupils in school/residents in placement to be taken into consideration when making decisions concerning other potential referrals. This will be at the discretion of the Care Manager and Education Manager in liaison with the Referrer or Local Authority. Planned placements will be sought, giving an opportunity for the relevant Managers to meet with the young person prior to placement. This works for the benefit of the young person referred and young people already in the home and/or school. Process A young person may be referred by the LEA or through Social Care from a Local Authority, we will require from them, Current situation & Prior History including any Assessments to enable us to consider the application. Prospective pupils will normally require a differentiated curriculum due to their special educational needs, have challenging behaviour and/or a Social, Learning and/or related Communication difficulty and may have a Statement of Special Educational Needs/ Education or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
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