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Alternative Provision

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Our Primary and Secondary Alternative Provision provides bespoke and enriched SEMH focussed timetables to re-engage children in learning and prepare them to return to mainstream education or to their next education setting. We provide a short term provision based on blended time tables in conjunction with the on-roll school.

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Reintegration provision

This is for pupils who plan to attend for a 6-12 week programme, and to return to their mainstream school placement after this time.

✓ Provide a programme of activities to begin building relationships

✓ Reintroducing school related expectations

✓ Provide 1:1 support in school for up to 6 hours per week

✓ Attend a meeting with school every 2 weeks.

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Enhanced curriculum provision

These pupils may have an EHCP and attend a main stream school on a reduced timetable.

✓ Focus on structured and unstructured social & emotional development

✓ Provide access to a range of outdoor and indoor activities

✓ Monthly reports alongside access to class dojo

✓ Attend CIN reviews, PEP meetings as relevant up to once a month

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Temporary placement provision

Pupils here will not have a named school and will be at the Alt Prov while suitable educational provision is arranged.

✓ Incorporate opportunities for an enriched environment for developing social and life skills

✓ Provide a progress report at the end of the placement/after 12 weeks

✓ Support handover to the next educational placement

✓ Accompany in person or attending transition meetings

✓ 1:1 support throughout their time at the Alt Prov

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The Alt Prov Services

Onsite Mentorship

One of our learning mentors will come onsite to your school and build a relationship with the young person, using our programme, to work towards specific targets set out by your school.

Offsite provision

Our age appropriate offsite settings can provide a lower demand SEMH based timetable for young people that are finding their school setting difficult. These include a classroom setting, kitchen facility and sports facilities to ensure that we can meet each child’s needs and interests.

Respite services

We provide respite services during school holidays, evenings and weekends. Our staff are friendly, trained to work with a variety of children, DBS checked, undergo Safeguarding, Prevent and FGM training as standard practice.

1-on-1 small group services

Our staff are trained to work with our young people on a 1-1 basis and help develop the young persons skills to access small group activities and lessons.

TRANSITION & PROGRESS REPORTING

Our SMART outcomes are agreed with the SENCO, Parent or Local Authority for each young person. Smaller soft target are created to achieve the agreed outcome and is tracked and reported regularly. WE provide a transition service to ensure each young person has the best chance to succeed at their next setting.

Re-engaging

Our 6-12 week programme is designed all around re-engaging the young person into their school setting. We use our unique approach to create an individualised programme whilst working with the on-roll school to identify areas for focus and best prepare them for their full time placement setting.

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Year 8 School Refuser, ASD, OCD, Anxiety and Depression

A has recently been diagnosed with ASD, OCD, anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation and possible ADHD.

She finds the day-to-day activity of attending mainstream school extremely challenging due to great difficulty in interacting with the teachers and other students and the many sensory inputs. This has led to angry outbursts and meltdowns at school which has resulted in a number of exclusions as her mainstream school have been unable to effectively support A.

A was moved from her mainstream school to the Alt Prov to help improve her mental health and self esteem whilst undergoing EHC assessment.

A responds more positively to a nurturing approach within smaller classes. Since starting at Alt Prov, we have seen a dramatic improvement in A behaviour. Instead of resisting going to school, she now wants to go. Instead of coming home and unloading her pent up anger and frustration on her parents and six year old sister, she now unwinds by talking about everything she has done at Alt Prov that day.

A has a growing anxiety about the thought of having to stay at home all day without the support that she is getting from Alt Prov and now enjoys attending an educational setting, as a family we don’t know what we would have done without the Alt Prov.

Year 2 School Refuser, Autistic, Social and Emotional Needs

When S started at the Alt Prov he had been out of school for nearly a year. Many professionals had been unable to persuade him to return to a school setting.

I literally could not safely get him to school. He had become increasingly violent towards me and even concussed me and dislocated my jaw during one meltdown after school.

When I was offered a place at the Alt Prov I was delighted. S desperately needs the type of highly specialised teaching that Brian, Ryan and their team provide, where they understand his condition, his foibles, his behaviour and how to get through to him.

Since S started at the Alt Prov, Dad and I have seen huge progress at home. He has had two baths and had his hair washed (this hadn’t happened for over 18 months). Dad was able to cut S’s hair (not done since early 2019). I have been able to cut S’s toenails for the very first time in his life, which is just amazing. S has been excited to go to school, completing his morning routine easily and without meltdown or violence towards me.

Many, many professionals have been unable to do any direct work with S (apart from one or two rare occasions) and S’s social isolation has been highlighted as a key issue on his Child in Need Plan. As he often refused to leave the house during the day, the last year or so has been very isolating for the both of us. Through the Alt Prov, S has formed valuable relationships with male teachers and has begun interacting with the other pupils. His excitement and happiness at attending the Alt Prov has been an absolute joy to see.

This setting has been vital to his well-being and development.

Alison

Year 11 School refuser, depression, ASD, PDA and ADHD

C’s placement at the Alt Prov was vital through this time of uncertainty. C has been out of school for nearly two years and after his overdose and subsequent discharge from his school it’s important that he has some sort of routine, and a place where he can go and talk to others.

C has suffered with his mental health for years and it has affected school, sleep and basic routine. C will stay awake most nights as he has nothing to do during the day and then will sleep all day. He’s emotionally as well as academically behind most of his peer group which affects him deeply. C is also is unable to control emotions especially at home and if he is cooped up for to long leads to aggressive behaviour towards myself.

The placement C got with Alt Prov has been brilliant as they have managed to build a relationship very quickly and he now is very excited about school and having people to interact with. This is the first time I’ve seen Cso excited and engaged in a long time. Their team have done some brilliant work with him and we hope he can progress to an apprentice type role once he has finished in year 11.

Andrew