Audience: Secondary Schools
Cascade: Headteachers, PRS/AP Headteachers, School Leads for Inclusion
The local authority will be facilitating a review of the PRS model introduced from September 2020 to reduce permanent exclusion of secondary students, with the specific purpose to evaluate:
- the impact of the PRS/AP model in supporting schools to reduce permanent exclusion through the delivery of a jointly agreed full time education programme between the PRS and home school which meets need and is appropriate to the aspirations of the child.
- the effectiveness of the referral and decision making process
- the take up and demand for the commissioned placements in each locality
- the effectiveness of the arrangements for transport
- Financial and commissioning arrangements to support the model
- Areas for further development/change
Timescale and process
The review will take place between 7th February to 25 March 2022 and will be made up of the following elements:
1. On line SNAP surveys for
• Head teachers and senior staff of secondary schools and Pupil Referral Services/AP
PRS LEADERSHIP TEAMS:
SECONDARY SCHOOLS:
• Parents of children placed at the PRS/AP together with a sample of telephone interviews
2. Head teacher meetings
• Five Secondary meetings specific to locality areas
• One meeting for PRS/AP Head teachers
2 March 2022 - 1.00pm - PRS/AP Head teachers
3 March 2022 - 2.30pm - Scarborough/Whitby/Ryedale Locality Head teachers
4 March 2022 - 2.00pm - Hambleton/Richmondshire Locality Head teachers
7 March 2022 - 10.00am - Harrogate/Knaresborough/Ripon Locality Head teachers
7 March 2022 - 2.00pm - Selby Locality Head teachers
11 March 2022 - 2.00pm - Craven Locality Head teachers
3. Partner Organisations
Webinar for local authority colleagues: School Improvement, Virtual school, Commissioning teams and SEND Hubs
1 March 2022 - 1.00pm
9 March 2022 - 4.00pm
4. Feedback from young people
This will be facilitated by the Voice, Engagement and Participation team following liaison with the PRS/AP Head teachers
5. Alongside the active engagement with stakeholders mentioned above there will be an internal evaluation of the financial and commissioning arrangements including:
• Top Up Allocations
• Preventative (financial front loading)
• Transport Subsidy
• Internal processes to monitor and track funding
• Commissioned Places and take up
Completion of the Post Implementation Review
After the deadline for completion of the review on 25th March, a full analysis of the feedback will be undertaken and collated into a final report and development plan which will be shared with contributors and then presented to CYPLT in April.