High Needs Provision Capital Allocation

The HNPCA funding will be used mainly to meet the capital costs associated with providing new places and improving existing provisions for children and young people with SEND, including those with complex needs who have Education, Health and Care plans and would benefit from attending Alternative Provision.

HNPCA can also fund projects that:

• enable or increase access to mainstream placements for children and young people who might otherwise have required more specialist provision
• increase the local availability of High Needs places, which can help reduce out-of-area placements and associated transport or residential costs and reduce reliance on poor quality, inappropriate or more expensive provision, where local provision can be provided at a less ongoing cost
• adapt, re-model or improve existing High Needs places to make them suitable for a wider range of needs

HNPCA projects could also involve:

• expanding existing High Needs provision (including expanding the existing provision to a different or additional site)
• reconfiguring existing provisions to make available space for additional places or specialist facilities
• creating new High Needs provisions, such as specialist units or resourced provisions in mainstream schools or the creation of new settings
• re-purposing existing buildings or facilities will help them better meet the needs of children and young people with complex needs

HNPCA investment will also enhance access to existing provisions for children and young people with SEND by improving:

• their physical access to the school (for example, ramps and handrails)
• their physical movement around the buildings (for example, automated doors)
• their access to the curriculum (for example, specialist furniture and IT equipment)
• facilities within school buildings (for example, medical rooms and acoustic improvements)

Collaboration is key to the project, and therefore, the council has worked closely with key partners, including the local Integrated Care Board, Whittington Health, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), parent/carer representatives from SEND Power Forum, and Schools, to inform our Haringey SEND and Alternative Provision Strategy 2023-2026.

Haringey’s Children Services Directorate is committed to delivering almost 120 school places for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) will be created in Haringey as part of a plan to provide high-quality support for children and young people.

There has been an extensive engagement exercise with primary and secondary schools to express interest in providing education provision for autistic children and young people and those students with social and emotional mental health (SEMH) and severe learning difficulties. Six schools across the borough are set to accommodate a total of 118 SEND places as the council’s Safety Valve Programme takes a crucial step forward, as outlined below: