Support Service: Engagement and Behaviour Team

The Engagement and Behaviour Team aim to provide a range of appropriate educational opportunities and support for children and young people with challenging behaviour that is impacting their ability to thrive in a mainstream setting without intervention. Often this behaviour can be trauma led and we advocate and adopt a borough wide trauma informed approach.

About the Team

Our team discharge the statutory duties for pupils who have been permanently excluded or who are at risk of permanent exclusion, in line with the DfE guidance 2023 suspension and permanent exclusion from maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units in England, including pupil movement and the AP guidance.

Our Duties

Parental Advocacy

For pupils and parents following permanent exclusion
Every pupil will be allocated a Parental Advocate who will support the pupil and parent from the point they are excluded, into 6^th day provision, through the Discipline Committee Meeting and any associated Independent Review and to the point of re-allocation to their next educational destination.

For pupils accessing alternative provision
Monitoring and advocacy for all alternative provision packages allocated through Inclusion Panel

6^th day Offer of Education

The LA have a duty to provide a 6th day offer of education following a permanent exclusion and Initial assessment.

Assessment

Facilitate and provide assessment and assessment overviews following permanent exclusion with reallocation to mainstream or other education through the Fair Access Panel.

Inclusion Panel

This panel offers short term provision to support pupils succeed in mainstream school through a range of bespoke alternative provision.

Inclusion Panel TOR V2024-25: Download (44KB - DOCX)

Panel Paperwork V2024-25 Final: Download (80KB - DOCX)

Managed Moves

Monitoring and advocacy for all tier 2 managed moves.

Managed Move Guidance 24-25: Download (210KB - PDF)

Managed Move Contract 24-25: Download (61KB - DOCX)

Part-Time Timetables

Monitoring and guidance for all reported part time timetables.

24-25 Part Time Timetable Guidance: Download (210KB - PDF)

24-25 Part-Time Timetable reporting form: Download (63KB - DOCX)

Advice and guidance

For all fixed term suspensions with a clear focus on 15 day FTS work

Alternative Provision

We facilitate and monitor all packages placed under lot 1 alternative provision. We offer additional guidance to schools placing pupils in alternative provision for reasons of behaviour.

Children may need to access specialist alternative education provision when:

They need support to reengage with their learning
They need support to re-integrate into a mainstream setting
They need a specialist assessment of need relating to SEMH and/or episodes of challenging behaviour.
They require a specialised or bespoke education offer which may include alternative education
They are unable to access full time, mainstream education for any clearly identified reason within the scope of the fair access panel the inclusion panel.
They do not yet have an agreed school place and therefore require a package of support until such a placement is identified
They have social, emotional or mental health need that is impacting significantly on their school placement.
They are on the verge of exclusion or referral to a Pupil Referral Unit and need specialist intervention to moderate their behaviour.

Inclusion Provision

St Wilfrids Academy – We offer 6^th day provision with assessment over view and assessment placements through Inclusion panel.
Changing Lives – We offer short term, part time therapeutic support through Inclusion Panel.
EPIC – We offer short term, part time placement through Inclusion Panel.
Big Picture – We offer short term, part time placements through Inclusion Panel Triage.
Vega Learning - We offer short term, part time placements through Inclusion Panel Triage.
Levett – We offer medium to long term places through Inclusion Panel Triage.
NBEC– We offer medium to long term places through Inclusion Panel Triage.