The Royal Borough of Greenwich endeavours to support Greenwich schools to remove barriers to learning for individuals or groups who are demonstrating social, emotional and/or mental health difficulties.
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OUR VISION:
We want all children and young people in Greenwich to experience a safe, healthy and happy childhood where they enjoy family life and school and feel a part of the community.
Our plan aims to ensure that every child growing up in Greenwich will begin, continue to develop and move into adulthood well.
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Specialist schools
Waterside School is a primary school for pupils with Social Emotional and Mental Health needs.
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https://www.watersideschool.co.uk/
King's Oak School is a secondary school for boys with Social Emotional and Mental Health needs.
King's Oak School offers tailor made pathways for pupils who may have found mainstream education difficult - but this does not mean that they would not have the opportunity to return, either to a mainstream secondary school or further education.
https://www.kingsoakschool.co.uk/
The Kidbrooke Park Learning Centre is a mixed, short-term provision for primary aged children within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The centre is based within the main Kidbrooke Park Primary School building. Decisions about a place at our learning centre are the responsibility of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, usually via referral to the Fair Access Panel (FAP).
Kidbrooke Park Primary School
https://www.kidbrookepark.greenwich.sch.uk/kidbrooke-park-learning-centre/
RBG Positive approaches for Social Emotional and Mental Health
Royal Borough of Greenwich Positive approaches for Social Emotional and Mental Health
OUR VISION:
'We want all children and young people in Greenwich to experience a safe, healthy and happy childhood where they enjoy family life and school and feel a part of the community. Our plan aims to ensure that every child growing up in Greenwich will begin, continue to develop and move into adulthood well'
This document outlines the values, principles and key priorities that will underpin the ethos that the Royal Borough of Greenwich will promote in our schools to improve support and provision for children and young people with social emotional and mental health needs. It is intended for everyone with responsibilities for children and young people with social emotional and mental health needs including
• headteachers
• pastoral and safeguarding leads
• special educational needs coordinators (SENCOs)
• school governors; particularly chairs and governors with responsibility for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
• outreach services, social workers and partner agencies in health and the voluntary sectors
• parents and carers
RBG Policies
Send Admissions Policy
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Click here for a full list of the Special Provision available in the Royal Borough of Greenwich |
At the Royal Borough of Greenwich, we aim to ensure that all children and young people with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC Plan) are in an education provision that can meet their needs. For a majority of children and young people with EHC Plans their needs will be met in mainstream schools. There are however a small number of children and young people that will require specialist provision.
In order to ensure equity of access and transparency the Royal Borough of Greenwich have developed this policy. This policy will set out how all requests for a specialist provision will be managed. This policy will give you:
• An overview of the Special School Provision and Designated Special Provision in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
• A description/designation for each provision/type of provision
• The admissions criteria and the admissions process.
It will also advise you of all the documentation that is required and how to make an application. All Admission Panel will meet termly. Dates for Admissions Panels will be widely circulated and available on the Local Offer every June for the proceeding academic year.
Accessibility Strategy
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Guidance for schools on updating their school Accessibility Plan |
OUR VISION:
'Greenwich will be a great place for children and young people with special needs and disabilities to grow up. This means that all children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)1 will have access to inclusive learning and to be provided with the opportunities for realising aspirations, achieving potential and participating fully in education and the wider society'.
COMMITMENT:
'Royal Greenwich will work effectively with its partners to ensure that its vision for children and young people with SEND is realised and to help all educational settings identify and achieve their own aims'.
SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITHOUT AN EHCP AT SEN SUPPORT
The Royal Borough of Greenwich Vision:
'All children and young people with SEND in Greenwich, regardless of their background or circumstances, should have a happy and fulfilled childhood where they belong, grow and succeed so that they enter adulthood ready, willing and able to achieve their highest potential.'
Why have a policy?
This document has been produced to ensure there is:
• Support, clarity and consistency across all mainstream schools in Royal Greenwich in their approaches to include pupils with SEND into mainstream school.
• A focus on the early identification of needs so that professionals can intervene early with the most appropriate support for a child and their family.
• Support is available at the earliest opportunity, and not dependent on a diagnosis but driven by needs.
• An emphasis on the highest expectations and aspirations for children and young people with SEND.
• A rapid response to putting appropriate interventions in place from the earliest opportunity.
• Transparency in SEND processes, so parents and young people know what to expect and when it will happen.
• Choice and control for young people and parents over the support they/their children receive.
The advice also relates to pupils with an Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) and should be read in conjunction with this.
ASD Outreach Service Guidance for visiting schools
(adapted from the National Autistic Society website)
Recorded Webinar sessions for schools
The Educational Psychology Service (EPS) would like to thank all of those who attended our webinar series to accompany the launch of the new SEMH guidance for schools ‘Positive Approaches for Social Emotional & Mental Health’.
Workshops are targeted at Senior Leaders, Pastoral and Mental Health Leads and Inclusion Leads in both primary and secondary schools, and aimed to support staff to:
- Apply the SEND Code of Practice requirements for identification, assessment and intervention for children with SEMH needs.
- Analyse policy and practice in terms of whole school thinking.
- Develop person-centred approaches to preparation and support for pupils at points of transition.
Positive approaches for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH): An Introduction
Positive approaches for Social Emotional and Mental Health Document
Social Emotional and Mental Health Needs & The Code of Practice
Presentation slides - SEMH Needs and the Code of Practice
Promoting Social & Emotional wellbeing and responding to Mental Health problems in schools
Transition Planning for Children with SEMH needs
Presentation slides - Transition Planning for Children with SEMH needs