The Primary provision runs from Reception-aged students to Year 6 and we have two classes split by age, each with mixed year groups. Children that are eligible for a place have often been excluded or are at risk of permanent exclusion. These children often show externalised behaviours, such as throwing objects, making themselves and others unsafe, shouting out and disrupting others. We use our therapeutic expertise to try to unpick why the child is using these behaviours to communicate and how we can support them to communicate in other ways.

Placements in The Primary provision are short term, normally running between 6 to 12 months. Our priority is to work on PSHE and regulation skills with the students, so lessons and activities tend to run for no more than 30 minutes and are active where possible. We have combined a variety of interventions to support our students, such as ‘MindUp’, Nurture trained staff, Choice Theory trained staff, Theraplay based interventions and ‘FRIENDS’ programme. We have our own PSHE curriculum encompassing six key areas- relationships, physiology, myself, feelings, choices and relaxation. The Boxall Profile is used to track Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) progress. Children will access at least three sessions a day working on their SEMH skills. They will also have access to weekly therapy, friendship clubs, and lunch clubs. Staff are also trained on how to repair incidents and de-escalate challenging situations. All children will have a regulation support plan which outlines needs and strategies.

When a child leaves our provision, we offer transition support to their next/returning placement school. This will be discussed and arranged with parents and the school.

Curriculum

Transition