Childrens Services and Additional Support Needs Lesley Simpson

Children’s Services and Additional Support Needs Lesley Simpson th 14 May 2019

ASN in Shetland: Context School Estate Ø 1 stand alone High School: Anderson High School Ø 1 ELC to S 6 High School: Brae High School Ø 5 Junior High Schools: Whalsay, Mid Yell, Baltasound, Sandwick and Aith Ø 24 further Primary schools , 2 currently mothballed Ø 21 Early Years settings across Shetland provided by the Local Authority, 4 partner providers and 3 private providers. Specialist Provision Ø AHS Support for Learning Department Ø Bell’s Brae ASN Department Ø Additional Support Base, Lerwick

Our Pupil Population Shetland’s school population: approximately 3, 216 Ø Ø 583 in Early Learning and Childcare 1901 in Primary 995 in Secondary 1 -4 354 in secondary 5 -6

Children and Young People with ASN Of the 3216 pupils in Shetland’s schools, 877 (27. 3%) have additional support needs (ASN) identified and recorded on SEEMIS. 7% of pupils with ASN are assessed disabled 38% of pupils with ASN are female 62% of pupils with ASN are male Pupil Numbers by Curricular Level 250 200 150 Stage of Number of children/ Intervention young people This is just 1/3 of those in Early as 2 years are spent in Nursery. Stage 1 572 100 Stage 2 191 50 Stage 3 114 0 Early First Second Third & Fourth Senior Phase

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Support available: Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Stages of Intervention GIRFEC Managing Inclusion Guidelines Quality Standards Framework for ASN Recording of Additional Support (RAS) ASN Audit Education Outreach Services Training Specialist Provision from outwith Shetland

Education Outreach Services Structure from January 2019 ASN QIO Outreach Manager (DHT) Principal Educational Psychologist Home Link/Home Education Teacher 1 FTE HI/L&C ASN Teacher 1 FTE ASD/Social Communication ASN Teacher 1 FTE Principal PSHV Teacher 1 FTE Intensive Interaction Coordinator P/T Principal SEBN Teacher 1 FTE EYW p/t ASN Teacher p/t, Vacant Educational Psychologist EYW p/t ASN Teacher p/t, 14 hs 2 x Clerical Asst. p/t 1 FTE ASN Teacher 1 x Clerical Ass p/t 16 hrs based at Outreach Workers Senior ASN Outreach Worker ASN Teacher VI (0. 6 FTE) ASN Outreach worker p/t 25 hrs ASN Teacher VI p/t LSW p/t (Resources) Clerical Asst p/t LSW p/t (Resources) LSW p/t

Scottish Government’s vision for education in Scotland Ø Excellence through raising attainment: ensuring that every child achieves the highest standards in literacy and numeracy, set out within Curriculum for Excellence levels, and the right range of skills, qualifications and achievements to allow them to succeed; and Ø Achieving equity: ensuring every child has the same opportunity to succeed, with a particular focus on closing the poverty-related attainment gap. Key priorities of the National Improvement Framework Ø Ø Improvement in attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy Closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children Improvement in children and young people’s health and wellbeing Improvement in employability skills and sustained, positive school-leaver destinations for all young people

Pupil Equity Fund Ø Difficulty with criteria – SIMD and FSM don’t work for Shetland; Ø Schools must identify their own attainment gap; Ø Decide on an intervention that will make a difference; Ø Identify how to measure the impact of the intervention on achievement/attainment of the child; Ø Report.

Values of Inclusion – Heather Simmons Everyone is born in All means All Everyone needs to be in Everyone needs to be with Everyone is ready Everyone needs support Everyone can learn Everyone can contribute Everyone can communicate TOGETHER WE ARE BETTER! https: //youtu. be/p. K-da. A 6 gi. RA