The Nest

Forster Park Resource base

Admission Criteria

• A diagnosis and primary need of ASD with SEMH as an additional need

• Have some verbal communication, being able to communicate basic needs

• Their attainment and social capacity will enable them to integrate into the mainstream lessons

• Will be able to benefit from the highly structured, low stimulus environment, where ASD strategies are used

• Their placement is an effective use of resources therefore pupils who require one to one support to access heavily differentiated work will not be suitably placed.

• Their placement in the school is not incompatible with the efficient education of other children with whom they would be educated

• Pupils need to be working at an academic level in line with their age and peers within the provision.

• Their parents are in full agreement with the resource provision and accept that their child is part of the mainstream school including the whole school policies.

Specialist support offered: -

• Speech and language therapist support

• Makaton

• Visual support

• Sensory room

• Whole school Nurturing approach

• TEACCH approach

• Outreach support from Drumbeat ASD specialists

• Drawing and Talking

• Lego Therapy

How are decisions made

The admission of students in to the Resource Base will be managed by Lewisham’s SEN Team. This will follow a consultation process. Each consultation will be considered following an observation of each child in their setting and scrutiny of the provision and strategies outlined in their current EHCP.

Decisions will be made on the current cohort ensuring variable mix of abilities, age and needs. During the expansion stage, there will be a staggered admission of children. This will enable children to settle, achieve and be successful through the careful planning enabling staff to get to know individual children.