What is a Specialist Resource Provision?
As part of Courthouse Green’s commitment to ensuring all children have the opportunity to achieve the highest of standards and to support the needs of all pupils, we are the host school for 2 Specialist Resource Provisions (SRPs) both of which are commissioned by Coventry City Council.
The first 14 place SRP is for children who have an EHCP where they need specialist provision to support Speech and Language disorders.
The second SRP has 10 places for children who have a significant cognition and communication need. Our teachers ensure children’s individual needs are met by teaching in small groups with a range of specialist resources. The children who access our SRP are fully integrated into the daily life of school and make outstanding progress as a result of the high level of provision they are receiving.
The Enhanced Resource Provisions are very much an integral part of our school and children will have access to the facilities and opportunities that this provides. Children will access the parts of mainstream school which staff feel that they would benefit from e.g. assemblies, PE lessons, maths lessons or topic lessons and trips and visits.
Children who attend the Enhanced Resource Provision will have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) with disordered speech and language and/or complex communication and interaction difficulties or low cognition as their primary area of need.
How do the Specialist Resource Provisions work?
The Specialist Resource Provisions work on an individual approach in order to meet the needs of each child; there is no specific way of doing things.
Our vision is:
“To equip our children with the toolkit they need in order to meet their individual needs and to feel included in and participate in the wider life of the school through access to a mainstream provision. To work in partnership with parents, mainstream staff and outside agencies to develop children’s self -regulation skills, increase their independence and prepare them for their future lives.”
The Core purposes of the Specialist Resource Provisions are:
- Specialist input for each child’s needs.
- Self-regulation – learning how to self-regulate and the strategies each individual child needs in order to do it.
- Pre and Post Teaching – to ensure full access to the curriculum and development of basic skills.
- Communication and Language – develop language skills.
How will my child be supported in the Specialist Resource Provisions?
In our Specialist Resource Provisions, we have numerous resources and equipment to support children. We also use a range of know strategies which support children with low cognition, language and Communication and Interaction skills e.g. visual resources, clear language, use of timetables.
Children are also supported by the adults in the Enhanced Resource Base (see below) and a range of external agencies, such as:
- Coventry SEND Complex Communication Team,
- Coventry SEND Social, Emotional, Mental Health and Learning Team,
- Coventry SEND Educational Psychology.
- NHS Speech and Language Therapy,
- NHS Occupational and Physiotherapy,
- NHS RISE (Neurodevelopmental Team, CAMHs and Primary Mental Health).
Children’s needs are discussed regularly in planning meetings, meeting with parents and MSP meetings and practice is adapted to meet their ever changing needs. The children’s EHCPs are reviewed in a formal annual basis, or sooner if needed, through an Annual review.
How do I apply for a place in the Specialist Resource Provisions?
Children are placed in the Specialist Resource Provisions by the Local Authority in consultation with parents and professionals, including staff at their current educational placement, any outside agencies involved with the child and the Specialist Resource Provision staff. Transition for each child is carefully planned and managed depending on his/her individual needs.
Parents interested in sending their child to Courthouse Green Specialist Resource Provision must contact Coventry Local Authority SEN department and speak to their child’s EHCP Coordinator (as named on draft/proposed/final EHCP).
