WHSS Prospectus May 2024 - Flipbook - Page 7
Admissions
The William Henry Smith School & Sixth Form is approved under Section
188(3) (b) of the Education Act 1998 (and subsequent amendments) as a
residential school for up to 87 students aged 5-19 years, experiencing social,
emotional and mental health challenges. We also offer a number of extended
day places.
Students
Procedures
We consider for admission
students between the ages
of 5-19 years who have
an Education and Health
Care Plan. Consideration for
our sixth form provision
education is made on an
individual case basis.
Having received a referral and the relevant paperwork from a Local
Authority we endeavour to expedite the process quickly. Often a
student will already have had significant time out of school and it will be
in his best interests to engage with education as soon as is practically
possible. The whole process involves both parties feeling that the
8match up9 is right and that our provision can meet the student9s needs.
If the EHCP process is
underway our policy
allows us to make an
admission.
We cater for additional
complex needs, most
commonly ADHD, ASD,
Asperger9s, OCD, ODD,
FASD and Specific Learning
Difficulties.
The student and parent/carer are invited to look around the school,
we then have a follow-up meeting in the home setting. After this, our
Admissions Panel meet to look at all the information collected.
From the outset, our Admissions Support Worker is at the heart of the
process, trying to build a trusting relationship with the student and
family.
8The school is absolutely amazing. It9s
not an exaggeration to say they have
saved our family. Staff have an
excellent understanding of the pupils9
complex needs. They go to great
lengths to personalise each
individual9s residential experience8