Support for Schools

ACE Schools Inclusion Support Outreach Service

Outline

As part of ACE school’s strategic support to the city, ACE are now offering the expertise and experience of our staff to support inclusion across Plymouth. The primary aim of this piece of work is to support the strategic goal for the city as set out in the place-based plan:

‘Increase inclusion across all schools and the community – every child included 100% of their time in Plymouth schools’

'Inclusion is broader than making provision for any single group. It was agreed that when inclusion works effectively, in response to stakeholder considered and joined-up practice and policy, in its simplest terms, inclusion means: 

  • 100% of children learning and having their needs met in high quality education 100% of the time. 
  • Every Child, Every lesson, Every day, Every week.
  • Inclusion is: aspiration, progression and success for ALL.'

This 3-point definition has been agreed by all key stakeholders across the city.

'The truly included child:

  • Attends regular classroom lessons with appropriate provision
  • Participates in all activities offered to other students
  • Is accepted by the rest of the school community
  • Achieves in all learning domains
  • Has a strong sense of belongingness and feels happy to be part of the school community'

 

The ACE Schools Inclusion Outreach Service offer can be tailored to the needs of each school.  Some examples of what support ACE could provide are listed in the table below.

The list is not exhaustive, and we will work with schools on bespoke packages to meet their needs and can support them in: 

  • Developing a graduated response
  • Ensuring that all schools have a robust inclusive offer with policies, practice and procedures to support
  • Ensuring that underlying SEN needs are identified and addressed
  • Developing a rich Alternative Provision offer based in schools and managed by schools
  • Developing a CPD offer for staff which is based on the needs of the staff and their ability to meet the needs of the pupils in their schools
  • Developing a coordinated offer that addresses some of the child’s underlying issues (ACEs) through Trauma Informed Practice

 

 

SEND

Behaviour/Intervention

Safeguarding

In school support

  • Observations of lessons or pupils with recommendations for either changes to provision, curriculum or individual strategies and next steps for a child.

  • Specialist support from our S19 medical team.

  • SEND specialist advice from SENCo team around panels, processes and next steps, bespoke package planning and support with paperwork. 

  • SEND and policy and procedure review

  • Behaviour management workshops

  • Transition support – this could be additional support for pupils moving from ACE into mainstream

  • Behaviour policy and procedure review

  • KS2 & 3 Forest school/ LOTC intervention lead by ACE staff (dual registered, 1 day a week packages, 6 week or longer term)

  • Reviews of internal AP

  • Support on producing bespoke education packages

  • Attend cluster meetings or internal vulnerable pupil panels to advise and support

  • Pastoral support – the ACE team all have area specialisms such as exploitation, substance misuse, or harmful sexual behaviour.

  • Small group work to focus on current trends.

  • 1-1 case work to support contextual safeguarding concerns.

  • Support with multi agency referrals

  • Risk assessments and safety planning

CPD

  • New staff induction with visits arranged for staff to understand AP in Plymouth

  • Lego therapy

  • Theraplay techniques

  • Staff up skilling what good 11 support can look like (can include shadowing ACE staff at our setting)

  • Mental health and well-being support (can be aimed at supporting students or staff) including general introduction, anxiety, self-harm & other topics.

 

  • New staff induction with visits arranged for staff to understand AP in Plymouth

  • Introduction to Trauma informed Practice (can include follow up support or CPD on implementing strategies or changes to policy)

  • Understanding behaviour, deescalation, positive support, rewards and consequences

  • Support for teachers delivering to challenging group

  • Online learning platform, with virtual lessons delivered by ASP staff

  • New staff induction with visits arranged for staff to understand AP in Plymouth

  • CPI/SI de-escalation techniques

  • Specific safeguarding updates to support staff working with certain groups

 

Areas of Support

SEMH, Behaviour management, Pastoral support, SEND, Safeguarding, EBSA, Anxiety, ASD, Trauma Informed Practice

 

Age Range

5 - 16

 

SLT contacts

  • Rachel Crozier – Assistant Headteacher for SEN and Inclusion Lead - rachel.crozier@transformingfutures.org.uk
  • Christine McNamara - Assistant Headteacher - christine.mcnamara@transformingfutures.org.uk
  • Ruth Westwood - Executive Headteacher - ruth.westwood@transformingfutures.org.uk
  • Tim Mathias – Deputy Headteacher - tim.mathias@transformingfutures.org.uk

Take a look at the PowerPoint below for some further details:

  1. ACE Inclusion Support Outreach Service
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