Admissions

All admissions will be processed through Suffolk Local Authority.

The Local Authority will consult with the school to establish if:

• The school is suitable for the pupil’s age, ability, aptitude and special educational needs as set out in the Educational Health and Care (EHC) plan

• The pupil’s placement in the school is compatible with the efficient education of other pupils with whom the pupil would be educated.

• The placement is an efficient use of resources

• Parents have expressed a preference for the school

Each application is assessed on an individual basis. In each case, we take account of the needs of the individual pupil and consider whether the school would be suitable to meet their needs.

• Pupils must be aged between Seven and Sixteen years (year groups 3-11) at the time of admission.

• Pupils will have an EHC Plan, specifying that they have specific difficulties with cognition and learning as a priority need in line with the moderate learning difficulties profile.

• Pupils may have associated emotional and behavioural difficulties, but these will not be their primary presenting need. 

Places are commissioned by the Local Authority. 

Applications for the admission of pupils who live outside Suffolk are considered, subject to the availability of places and transport decisions by the pupil’s home Local Authority. 

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Service (or SENDIASS) (previously Parent Partnership) is a confidential and impartial support and advice service for parents, carers, children and young people (up to 25 years) on issues related to Special Educational Needs and Disability. Further information can be found on their website by clicking SENDIASS