Admissions and Guidance Information
All permanently excluded students of statutory school age, who reside in North Somerset, will attend VLC from the 6th day of the permanent exclusion. It is the responsibility of the excluding school to provide work for the first 5 days and for parents to ensure the student is not in a public place during school hours. The excluding school must inform the Local Authority by completing the Inclusion Panel Referral Form on the first day of the exclusion, to ensure this time scale can be adhered to.
All other referrals must be triggered via Medical Tuition Referral document
The following criteria applies:
- We are unable to accept referrals directly from parents
- Referrals are accepted from schools, medical professionals and the 0-25 service
- Referrals for mental health or medical needs must also be supported by all relevant medical information: we assess each individual case-by-case. This professional must confirm that the student cannot be presently supported by the mainstream school, even with reasonable adjustments.
- Students must have significant Social, Emotional and / or Mental Health Difficulties (SEMHD) or other significant medical needs.
- Students may also have other presenting needs, such as ‘Communication and interaction’ difficulties e.g. ASD; ‘Cognition and learning’ difficulties e.g. a specific learning difficulty; or ‘Sensory and/or physical needs’ e.g. a visual impairment. However, in all cases their primary need for a referral to VLC must be SEMHD or medical as outlined above.
- We are unable to support students with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties.
In most cases, we would hope to provide education at our Milton site or online, we are not currently running a home tuition package. Our Medical tuition service works closely with the student, family and the home school to support the young person in returning successfully to mainstream provision.
For more information regarding North Somerset Inclusion services, please follow the link: North Somerset Inclusion Service Directory
