Specialist Provision in Telford and Wrekin
Telford & Wrekin Council is continuing to develop partnerships between special schools and a number of primary and secondary mainstream schools to broaden the range of provision for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
A key focus has been on building the resilience and capacity of mainstream schools to meet increasing complexity of need and schools have been responding to this.
We have developed specialist provision hubs in mainstream schools that cater for children with communication and interaction needs, including those with Autism and associated cognition and learning difficulties. These Hubs have proved to be successful with schools, parent carers and young people.
This development provides an inclusive option which bridges the gap between special and mainstream schools, offering greater choice for parent carers and means children with more complex SEND are educated alongside their mainstream peers.
The Department for Education provides funding for local authorities to invest in new places and/or improvements to facilities for pupils with high needs. Telford & Wrekin Council’s funding is primarily intended to create new places and improve facilities at existing sites. The funding has been used to support the establishment of the hubs in a small number of mainstream schools and to support the creation of new places for specialist provision.
Special Schools in Telford and Wrekin:
Haughton
School website: Home | Haughton School
Location: Queen Street, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire, TF7 4BW
Age: 5 - 11
Area of need/ criteria for placement: Area of need/ criteria for placement: The pupil’s needs will be complex and significant in at least two areas as described in the EHCP. The primary area need will be cognition and learning, with many pupils having needs within communication and interaction and sensory or physical. A small number of pupils may have associated social, emotional and mental health difficulties, however this cannot be their primary area of need.
Southall
School website: Southall School
Location: Southall School, Rowan Avenue, Dawley, Telford, TF4 3PX
Age: 11 - 16
Area of need/ criteria for placement: The pupil’s needs will be complex and significant in at least two areas as described in the EHCP. The primary area need will be cognition and learning, with many pupils having needs within communication and interaction and sensory or physical. A small number of pupils may have associated social, emotional and mental health difficulties, however this cannot be their primary area of need.
The Bridge
School website: The Bridge School - Home
Location: The Bridge School, Waterloo Road, Telford, TF1 5NQ
Age: 5 – 16
Area of need/ criteria for placement: The pupil’s identified needs will be complex and significant in the area of cognition and learning (severe learning difficulties or profound and multiple learning difficulties). The pupil may also have associated needs in the areas of social, emotional and mental health and communication and interaction (autistic spectrum disorder and/or speech and language difficulties). In addition pupils may have sensory or physical difficulties.
Queensway North
School website: Queensway School
Location: Queensway North, Queensway, Hadley, Telford, TF1 6AJ
Age: 11 - 16
Area of need/ criteria for placement: Autistic Spectrum
Queensway South
School website: Queensway School
Location: Queensway South, Hinkshay Road, Dawley, Telford, TF4 3PP
Age: 11 - 16
Area of need/ criteria for placement: Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties
The Linden Centre Specialist
School website: The Linden Centre
Location: Oak Road, Overdale, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 5BT
Age: 5 - 16
Area of need/ criteria for placement: Complex Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties