Policies

The school is ‘human being centred’ and to that effect it places strong emphasis on equal opportunities with respect to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief and disability.

Pastoral Care

The school’s Promoting Good Behaviour Policy provides very clear definitions, aims and guidance about how pupils emotional well being and pastoral care will be supported by all staff.  There is a Pastoral Support Manager and each pupil has a Pastoral Support Plan which is agreed by all staff involved and by the pupil’s parents as well.  This plan forms overall targets for decreasing behaviours which inhibit learning, independence and accept behaviour.

Behaviour

As stated above, behaviour is supported very clearly, consistently and constructively through the Promoting Good Behaviour Policy, the pastoral support plan for each pupil, staff and parent training and the home/school support service.

The school maintains a calm low anxiety environment which supports the pupils in keeping the school rules and boundaries.

Staff are trained in knowledge about what happens in the brain in times of high anxiety and emotional charge.  This gives insight into how to bring a pupil back from being very upset to being able to calm down.  This means staff are proactive in creating an environment where pupils are set up to be able to manage their thoughts feelings and actions effectively.  This gives pupils autonomy and control in a way that works for them and for others.

There are occasions when the emotional charge is so high that a pupil may become a danger to their own and others health and safety.  When this occurs staff may deem it necessary to use physical intervention as set out in the school’s Physical Intervention Policy. Staff have been trained in the use of ethical and legal physical intervention as approved by the British Institute of Learning Disability.

All behavioural incidents are recorded, sent to parents and kept by the school.  They are open to scrutiny by any appropriate individuals or agencies.  It is emphasised that such reports are not judgmental.  They are reports of what has occurred and that is all.

Remissions Policy Statement

In line with the company’s contract, an individual contract may be terminated by the school or LEA/Parents/Carers with not less than nine weeks written notice.

Where the provider can justify exceptional extenuating circumstances for instance related to a specific teacher’s contract this period may be extended by 12 weeks by mutual agreement between the Provider and the Authority.

The Principal is entitled to exclude a pupil/student from school if there is a foreseeable risk of harm to the pupil/student endangering him/herself or other pupils/staff and in some cases property.  Twelve hours notice will be given to the parents and the Local Education Authority.

If a pupil/student does not appear to be benefiting from attendance at the school, the school authorities will give a least nine weeks notice to the parents and the Local Education Authority that the pupil/student will have to be placed elsewhere.

Students leaving school at the end of their school careers will be supported by the appropriate agencies, eg Connexions Service.  A transition plan written by the Local Education Authority after the Annual Review, following the pupils fourteenth birthday, will support the pupil/student as they prepare to leave school as a adult.

Services available for adults with autism:

Local Colleges, Autism Specific Adult Service, Supported Learning Schemes, Social Education Centres.

These vary from authority to authority.

Complaints Procedure

Please find below a link to our Complainst Procedure. This document is guidance for dealing with complaints, but the underlying principle is that concerns ought to be handled, if at all possible, without the need for formal procedures. Download our Complaints Procedure.