Requests for Intervention Placement

Referral Pupil Placements at Stepping Stones

£3,400 & any funding associated with child (eg. PPG, High Needs Block (core funding/weighting element) (12 Week Placement)

Referral places at Stepping Stones Short Stay School are subject to availability. They can only be available if permanent exclusions continue to be minimal. Admission is via the termly Multi-Disciplinary Admissions Panel Meeting (MAP).

Each referral pupil placement consists of:

An initial admission meeting with mainstream school and parents/ carers.
A 12 weeks in house pupil placement at the short stay school (5 weeks fulltime, then from Week 6 4 days a week at Stepping Stones and 1 day a week at the child’s mainstream school).
Weekly correspondence of successes and areas for development between Stepping Stones class teacher and mainstream class teacher.
1 pupil review meeting in Week 12 for mainstream school and parents/ carers. The review includes a pupil report with a planned and evaluated graduated cycle of support.
Opportunities for mainstream school staff training (from Week 3 mainstream staff are expected to visit Stepping Stones and work alongside the short stay school staff, observing them working with their pupil).
A short structured pupil reintegration programme to mainstream school, including supporting visits from Stepping Stones during this reintegration period.

MAPP Dates – Requests for intervention placements to be submitted 2 weeks prior to the MAPP meetings

See below to download ‘Request for a Placement’ document

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