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Chapel House

What we do

If a child or young person (CYP) is unable to attend school because of a medical or mental health problem, we will, in consultation with parents and other professionals, seek an alternative way of maintaining their education. This alternative provision would normally take place at Chapel House. Only in exceptional circumstances, dictated by the child’s medical condition, will tuition take place through our outreach provision. Our aim is to reintegrate pupils into full-time education at the earliest opportunity.

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Reintegration

In all cases, our intervention is only temporary, pending reintegration to mainstream education or transition to a Special School following the EHCP process.

The CYP will remain on the roll of the school. There will be a reintegration plan which should be drawn up jointly by Chapel House and the CYP's home school in consultation with the family, CYP, other agencies and, where appropriate, medical teams. 

Where relevant, a reintegration plan should be linked to a CYP's EHC plan or individual healthcare plan.

The reintegration plan may include:

  • Previous reintegration strategies
  • Input from parents, professionals and the CYP
  • A programme of small goals leading up to reintegration
  • Clearly stated responsibilities and support of all those involved
  • Identified barriers
  • Details of social contacts, including the involvement of peers and mentors during the transition period

Some CYP do find it difficult to return to their own school, particularly those who have had mental health difficulties, additional support the home school may wish to implement includes: 

  • Forward planning and effective and flexible collaboration between Chapel House, the CYP's home school, medical teams, parents/carers and other agencies.
  • Keeping in touch with the young person while they are out of school, e.g. e-mails, text messages, phone calls from classmates and staff to keep pupils up-to-date with the day-to-day happenings at their school.
  • Letting them know about school events and helping them feel they are still part of the school community.

Part of the individual CYP's reintegration approach may include a flexible timetable utilising strategies such as part-time timetables or access to Alternative Provision. Chapel House will support home schools to explore a range of options as part of the review process.

Progress towards reintegration will be discussed at review meetings.

Pathways

There are 3 educational pathways for pupils at Chapel House: Stabilisation, Engagement and Learning. The pupil's health needs will dictate the pathway that they are on. Please see the image below for more information.

Parental Feedback

It’s weird sending an email to portray how grateful I am. When I was at my lowest point, when X was at his lowest point a woman called Lucy stepped through my door and after years of trauma and fight I finally had someone that understood. You had my back as well as his. Instead of fighting to get a system to fit X you designed a system to fit X. All the pressure was taken off my shoulders and I could parent X in a more trauma informed way, I could say what I felt without judgement and that meant I got the help X needed, X was treated in the way he needed to be treated, and thus have an education that he was always entitled to but was stripped off. You didn’t give him wings, he already has them but you gave him the confidence to fly. His wings were a bit wonky, and we didn’t fix them, we adapted his course because our kids don’t need fixing, they aren’t broken, they just need a course adjustment to soar higher. I genuinely believe you all helped save his life. I write this with tears in my eyes as my baby flies the nest into the next stages of his life. You helped him gain independence when even I struggled to see our future, you are just incredible people and you deliver an incredible pathway for children misunderstood and very often missed in mainstream education. I don’t want him to leave. But, were before we were frightened we are now strong and ready all because of everybody at your wonderful school. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving my child a chance when nobody seemed to care. We were lost and we now feel found All my love. We will miss you terribly!

*** was off school from January with depression.  We had an incredibly challenging time getting her diagnosed, the support we needed and on the right medication. The Learning Mentor's role was clearly to help her make the transition back into school which she started on a very part time basis in the autumn.

*** has developed a phobia of crowds and this made it more difficult starting back. The Learning Mentor has a fantastic personality and bonded with *** straightaway. She manages to strike just the right balance between between friendly, supportive but also firm and encouraging.  With the Learning Mentor's help, *** gradually increased her time at school and returned full time in July. Since then she has been absolutely fine and is thriving at school - despite having missed 15 months she's doing really well and is in the top set for Maths and Science.

My husband and I are very clear that without your help we wouldn't be where we are now. The Learning Mentor was there to support her during break times and helped her overcome her phobia of crowds.  She had a major part to play in *** regaining her confidence and her health.

Information for Schools

Please find below a number of useful documents for schools:

Please note, Kingfisher Academy is not responsible for the charging of the provision. Any enquiries regarding charges (that cannot be answered in the documents above) should be addressed with Sheffield Local Authority directly.

 

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