Special School

A special school is a school that caters specifically for children whose needs cannot be met with the provision and support provided by a mainstream school. This encompasses children and young people with many different types of educational need. For older pupils (aged 11 upwards) schools can specialise in one of the four areas of specialise in one of the four area of special educational needs. This can help to make sure that students can get support that’s tailored to their needs from educators who really know their needs from educators who really know their stuff – some schools will further specialise even beyond this to reflect the specific, needs they help with for example focusing on. Autistic spectrum condition, visual impairment or speech, language and communication needs

Benefits of special school

There’s actually a lot of them attending special school can be a great option for many children with send condition, although it’s not the best course for everyone. Here are a few potential benefits that pupils in a special school may receive

• Class size are smaller even exceeding one –to- one help in some cases
• Work is geared are smaller even exceeding one to one and liked carefully to their own targets.
• Teaching and assessment are matched closely to learning styles and strengths.
• Children have a peer group with similar needs , so they don’t’ different and find it easier to make friends
• Staff generally have an excellent understanding of the needs of the children and how best to teach them.
• Progress is very carefully tracked and monitored
• There are strong links with parents

 

Good special schools have excellent parent school child relationship and communication and see rgis partnership as the key to success. staffing levels in special schools tend to be higher and much more specialised to make sure that young learners can get the best possible education.

Therapy is usually integrated with teacher TAS and therapist working as team with each child supporting their development as whole person not just their academic target.