Below is an outline of our Core Offer for our Additionally Resourced Provision:

• Dedicated and separate taxi drop-off/pick-up point outside the ARP

• Morning check-in and organisation prompts prior to form group – 15 mins daily

• Afternoon relaxation and problem-solving/check out – 10 mins daily

• Specialist adult support in mainstream school lessons - ranges from full 1:1 support to monitoring via teacher assessments and informal information gathering

• Daily break time support, including homework help/access to games/PCs/social guidance

• Daily lunchtime support, including specialist support in the dining room.  Option to eat within the provision if required with a graduated and supported transition into the main dining room

• Daily transition support between lessons – ranges from full 1:1 support to students independently transitioning

• Safe and supportive environment within the provision for students to return to complete work outside of lessons if required

• Sensory diet activities included daily as required by student needs – access to dark dens etc, as required.  Students have access to individual resources to support self-regulation and ease anxiety throughout the day

• Key worker sessions: problem-solving/personal development & IEP targets/student voice - 10 mins at the end of each day, with a dedicated session at least fortnightly dependent upon student curriculum

• Individualised ARP Curriculum: fortnightly as directed by student need (identified through EHCP, family priorities and SCERTS assessments) and timetabling considerations involving; direct teaching independence/self-help skills (group/personal), direct teaching social communication and social perspective taking (group/personal), and direct teaching for emotional regulation (group/personal)

• Curriculum focused teaching/catch-up/homework/exam prep as directed by student need and timetabling considerations

• Visual timetables in all provision rooms with any staffing/rooming changes identified for students where possible

• Parent Liaison – Home-school book (or email exchange) completed by key worker as required.  Coffee afternoons once every term.  Direct email contact with key worker and/or teacher-in-charge

• Honley Autism Provision Parent Support group (HAPPS) runs half-termly. Individual parent meetings on request – both formal and informal

• Close liaison with main school staff through information on staff shared computer area (IEPs, Provision Mapping, key strategies etc), Arbor (School Information Management System) and staff emails.  Individual contact via key workers for subject specific concerns etc

• Annual whole school ‘World Autism Week’ Awareness, including information assemblies for all year groups and form time activities

• Student Autism Ambassadors trained in school to offer support to students and raise awareness and support fundraising

• ITT training and new staff training are given.  Information on new students and general awareness reminders are provided each September to the whole staff cohort and throughout the year as required

• Weekly ARP news and information shared via email with all staff

• Transition package – bespoke for each individual student.  May include graduated times, with altered start/finish times; access only to ARP initially; accessing only one main school lesson and gradually building up in line with student needs and family priorities

• Exam concessions are arranged as appropriate.  All students take tests/exams in an individual room with a member of staff that is familiar to them

• Reward strategies linked to the main school reward system and individual to the ARP

• Daily ARP staff briefing to share information and student strategies to ensure a consistent approach.  Training is given weekly to up-skill provision staff as relevant.  Weekly briefing sheets and staff record book to support the handover of information to part-time staff

If you would like any additional information, please don’t hesitate to contact Mrs Thompson (c.thompson@honley.tlt.school) or telephone 01484 506484 ext 7246.