Dickens Heath Community Primary School
Enabling every child to be the best version of themselves
Admissions
To be allocated a place at the ARP your child must:
- Have an EHCP
- Have a diagnosis of autism
Children are allocated a place at the ARP through the following process:
- The child's current school states that they cannot meet the child's need during an EHCP review.
- As part of the EHCP review, the child's current school provides evidence, along with advice from external professionals, as to what provision the child needs.
- The Local Authority holds a panel for professionals to review the evidence and either agree or disagree that the child needs a provision that is more than mainstream. If the panel agrees:
- The Local Authority will consult with the ARP, where the child's main need is autism or if an ARP is a parental preference.
- The ARP will review the child's EHCP and state whether they can meet the needs of the child as outlined in section F of their EHCP.
- The ARP will respond to the local authority and if the ARP can meet the child's need the team will contact parents to begin a transition to the ARP.