IMPORTANT NOTICES
Our Infant ARP is not open yet as it is under construction.
Our Junior ARP will open soon.
Please be aware, admissions to our ARP are through the specialist placements procedure, not through our mainstream setting. Further details are below.
Our ARP Vision Statement
In promoting our vision, Building a Brighter Future Together, New Mill Junior and Infant Schools are proud to open our Additional Resourced Provision (ARP) for pupils with complex communication and interaction (CCI) needs. An ARP is a provision within a mainstream school, providing specialist and targeted support for children with long-term special educational needs. Our aim for both provisions is to provide a bespoke learning experience within a nurturing environment. Our staff are specialists in working with children with complex communication and interaction needs, with many years of experience between them. We are passionate in supporting our ARP children to thrive and achieve.
The key principles and purpose of our curriculum:
- To equip pupils with portable skills for all areas of life and in all contexts they will encounter.
- To be adaptive and responsive to individual needs, strengths and interests.
- To be skills and context-based.
- To focus on developing the key skills of communication and interaction, cognition, independence, physical development and self-care - all transferable skills that equip pupils for life beyond school.
Implementation
Underpinning all we do are the needs of the child as outlined in their EHCP Outcomes. Working closely with relevant outside agencies and health professionals to ensure that each child’s learning journey is specifically tailored to their individual targets and needs.
We aim to deliver a bespoke and individual learning experience for our children based within a nurturing environment where children feel happy, safe and valued.
Children have daily activities built into their routine that allow them to practice and develop new skills both in 1:1, small group and collaborative situations.
We enhance and support our children’s learning experience through carefully chosen learning activities and provision to allow them to build independence in practising their skills, whilst also meeting their sensory needs through individual sensory diets. Wherever possible, we also provide additional opportunities for our children, including taking part in wider school events, planned enrichment activities and trips to carefully chosen places outside of school.
Impact
We continuously measure the impact of our curriculum through quality assurance. Our children’s progress is measured against their individual EHCP targets as well as the small steps taken from the SENDIT developmental Journal, PIVATS, AET framework and the EYFS and National Curriculum, where appropriate.
Admissions to our ARP
Access to both New Mill Infant and New Mill Junior ARPs is via the Specialist Placements procedure as per Special Schools. Children and young people must have an EHCP which specifies CCI needs to access our ARP places. Should you wish to consider either of the New Mill ARPs as a provision for your child, you must, in the first instance, speak with their current school setting as part of their EHCP review. You will need to request a ‘specialist provision as a change of setting.’
Please be aware, there are no shortcuts for pupils in our school to access the resourced provision. The fastest way for children to get the support they need is for their current school to make a referral to the Kirklees Outreach team. Any child in our mainstream school would have to go through the same process as all other pupils in Kirklees to access support from the resourced provision team.
Please see the Kirklees Local Offer website for more information. Please 'click here' for the website.