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THE EDUCATION SERVICE
Horizon Care provides its own education service (Horizon Care School Registration Number 860/6032) to ensure that all young people placed with the agency, regardless of their previous educational experiences, not only attend school, but also realise the highest possible levels of educational attainment.
KEY PRINCIPLES
We believe the educational needs of looked-after children and children in need should be met within mainstream educational services and, except on rare occasions, the complex personal difficulties faced by children should not be used to justify or explain low levels of educational attainment. Children and young people facing extreme levels of difficulty can and should be successfully educated within mainstream provisions in ways which not only meet their individual requirements but also reflect the specific context in which schools and other appropriate education services operate.
Horizon Care schools offer the following:
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Complete educational assessments and background education report. There will be a representative from the school at the initial planning meetings of a looked-after child coming to Horizon Care. |
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Take the lead responsibility for planning, support and delivery of education programmes for children. |
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Intensively prepare and research each new school placement and complete the inclusion plan. |
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Arrange interim support to ensure attendance by the young person at mainstream or other appropriate school or education institute. |
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Directly address all matters relating to education such as admissions, individual plans, school induction programmes, curriculum management, examinations and assessment, homework etc. |
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In the event of an unavoidable break in school attendance (eg temporary exclusion, permanent exclusion) the focus will be to facilitate the earliest possible re-admission and to minimise the impact of such a break on the young person, residential staff and placement. This may involve organising some extra-curricular activities in consultation with residential staff, or other such arrangements as best support the placement. |
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Assist local authorities in ensuring that the aims and objectives of individual care plans are met, both within the duration of their placement and as part of the process of moving children to other placements, including to their own family where appropriate. |
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OUR SCHOOLS
