Transcript DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIP WORKING

DEVELOPING
PARTNERSHIP WORKING
Ysgol Plas Cefndy
Denbighshire Pupil Referral Unit
Sheila Breeze
Senior Education Officer: Behaviour & Inclusion
January 2010
Ysgol Plas Cefndy
Denbighshire PRU
Portfolio PRU
Ysgol Plas Cefndy
 KS 1 & 2: Emotional & Behavioural difficulties: 30 places
 KS3: Challenging Behaviour: 12 places
 KS3 & 4: Complex emotional health difficulties /
school phobics / victims of bullying: 12 places
Project 11
 KS4: Challenging Behaviour: 40 places
In the past . . . .
 Too many pupils in PRU
 Too few resources or avenues for support
 Once in, pupils would remain there, often across Key
Stages
 Little success at re-integrating pupils into mainstream
 Poor levels of achievement at KS4
 Pupils from KS4 PRU invariably became NEET
 PRU pupils tended to be forgotten
Something had to change if barriers to improvement were
to be removed. Multi agency involvement was a key
factor
Pursuing Multi – Agency Support
 Need an influential Steering / Management
Group
 Foster an understanding that the needs of PRU
pupils are as important as mainstream pupils
 Management Group influences operational work
 PRU staff need to be open to accepting support
Now . . . .
 Excellent Steering Group
 Multi-agency moderation panel meets fortnightly to
discuss referrals EOTAS and PRU
 Wide range of support and interventions for PRU pupils
 No PRU referral without approval of the Behaviour
Support Service
PRU STEERING GROUP
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Principal Educational Psychologist
ESW Team Leader
Senior Manager, Careers Wales North West
Children’s Services Manager, Denbighshire Social Services
Education, Training & Employment Officer, Youth Justice Service
Education Liaison Officer for LAC
PRU Manager
Co-ordinator of Behaviour Support Service Peripatetic team
Primary & secondary headteacher
Manager of Denbighshire Children’s Residential Home
Police School Liaison Officer
PRU teacher rep
PRU LSA rep
Senior Education Officer: Behaviour & Inclusion: Chair
Influential people within their own organisations
Half termly reports from PRU to Steering Group
Moderation Panel
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Senior Education Officer: Behaviour & Inclusion
ESW Team Leader
All ESW team – present referrals
PRU Manager
Education, Training & Employment Officer, Youth Justice Service
Education Liaison Officer for LAC
Educational Psychologist from referring schools
CAMHS
Decide on which provision in the PRU or other EOTAS provision.
Support within the PRU
PRU accommodates range of other agencies
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Designated ESW
Young Person’s Health Advisor
EP satellite office
Youth Worker
Young Parent Support Worker
Co-ordinator for Educational Provision in College – Year 11
Behaviour Support Service Peripatetic team – all Key Stages
Offer meeting space to any agency
Multi agency support built into
individual pupil packages
 EP Service provide counselling, assessments, 1 to 1 work
 Young Parent Support Worker – sexual health / reality babies
 YPHA – Timetabled into PSHE and delivers ‘Friends’ emotional
literacy programme, sex education and sexual health with YPSW,
Healthy Living education.
Attends all core group meetings and reviews for PRU pupils. Does
individual health checks, vaccination programmes, LAC health
checks, 1 to 1 work.
 Co-ordinator for Educational Provision in College - involved in
college provision as part of KS4 PRU curriculum and advice on
college applications
 Substantial Careers Service time and support for EBWE
 Education Liaison Officer for LAC – rapid support & involvement
Multi agency support built into
individual pupil packages
 YJS hold all young offender meetings in PRU
 Rhyl Youth Inclusion Programme (YJS) timetabled to deliver
community and preventative programmes, and 1 to 1 work
 Rhyl Youth Action Group timetabled to deliver community
programmes – gardening, painting & decorating
 Youth Worker – supports alternative education packages, links with
out of school activities, D of E
 Behaviour Support Service Peripatetic Team provide range of group
and individual support packages including:
Solution Oriented Schools 3 Session Change programme
Seasons for Growth , Anger Management, Conflict Resolution,
Emotional Toolbox, Relaxation Therapy,Therapeutic Inclusion
Room, SUMO, Parenting Classes
Working with mainstream schools
 Close contact maintained when pupil in PRU, particularly
at KS2 and 3
 Very flexible re-integration programmes supported by
Behaviour Support Service Peripatetic team
 Accommodating pupils not on roll to follow examination
courses
Extended Support Packages
 Rapid intervention by PRU staff if a pupil is slipping in
mainstream after re-integration
And to prevent early drop out from courses and college in
September . . .
 Immediate Skillbuild start for KS4 PRU leavers in June
planned with Careers Wales and North Wales Training.
2 weeks transport and support for pupils from PRU staff.
 Support at college by EPIC Co-ordinator for PRU leavers
Outcomes
Pupils remaining in mainstream after PRU placement
KS2
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
17
18
27
28
29
29
Year
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
Pupils
4 from
group of
21
3 from
goup of
22
15 from
group of
19
13 from
group of
15
14 from
group of
16
10 from
group of
12
Year
Pupils
cohort 30
KS3
Outcomes
NEET figures after KS4 PRU placement
YEAR
%
NEET
PUPILS
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09
47
61
52
25
21
15
Key Factors resulting in Improved Outcomes
 Senior people on PRU Management Group able
to influence support in their own organisation /
service
 Actively approaching individual people whose
support is needed
 Forging links at operational level
 Funding from 14-19 Network
 Being open to people coming in to the PRU