The Eliot Centre
ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
Specialist provision for students with specific Special Educational Needs
Brompton Academy provides specialist provision for up to 20 students in each academic year group who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) – previously a Statement of Special Educational Needs. These students must have needs that are specific to the criteria covered by the Centre and have a separate admissions procedure, although they must all sit the fair banding test.
The placement is unsuitable for students who exhibit behaviours that could endanger themselves or others e.g. absconding from the school site or physical aggression.
The Eliot Centre admissions criteria
The Eliot Centre is a specialist provision within Brompton Academy that can accommodate a variety of needs as defined within the set criteria below and in receipt of an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) who are unable to access mainstream education full time.
The specific admissions criteria are that students:
Must hold an EHCP where Speech, Language or Social Communication disorder is the primary need with or without concomitant ASD or anxiety; or
Must hold an EHCP that identifies some form of literacy, language or communication difficulty, social vulnerability, or Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) are identified e.g., Dyslexia, Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD) and Dyscalculia; or
Must hold an EHCP that identifies ASD or SEMH (i.e. socially vulnerable) as a primary need where child has significant Speech and Language and/ or Social Interaction and Communication needs but not where these needs present as complex and challenging behaviour; and
In all cases must:
Have Speech and Language Interventions or other interventions as specified within the EHCP (e.g., 1:1, small group work, in class, whole academy, TAs following an SLT programme);
Be working within KS2 levels upon entry (expected level for Year 3 minimum);
Be able to access mainstream lessons for some of the time, with support;
Demonstrate the ability to carry out some work independently;
Require the majority of lessons to be delivered in small group or specialist setting;
Whilst it is expected that the majority of students will access GCSE courses from Year 10 in the wider Brompton Academy setting it is recognised that this will not be appropriate for all, and therefore individuals will be considered for Entry Level and Life Skills courses.
Behavioural needs, because of their learning needs, should be compatible with the efficient education and emotional well-being of the other students in the group. In particular, with the vulnerabilities and anxieties displayed by students in the Eliot Centre.
When considering a placement of a student in the Eliot Centre, Medway Council will consult with UKAT in accordance with the SEND Code of Practice 2015.
All students who have Brompton Academy Eliot Centre cited as their named place of education within their ECHP will also need to sit the Academy’s Fair Banding test. There are two opportunities to sit the test – one in early September and one in mid October of the year prior to entry to the Academy.
