Additionally Resourced Provision (FOI)

​Request

1. Which schools have ARPs; both primary and secondary?

2. How many children access the ARPs and how has this changed over the past 5 years?

3. I have some information from the Disability and inclusion strategy end of year report (Children, Young People, Education and Skills, 2022)

Can you tell me if these have changed much as I couldn't find the same document for 2023/2024

A 13.9% of compulsory school age pupils in Jersey have special educational needs and/or disabilities (up from 13.4% in 2020) 

B This represents 1,435 pupils, of which 273 had a Record of Need. 

C Of these 33% have SEMH needs, 22% SLC, 16% specific learning difficulties 

D Less than 1 per cent (134 pupils) were educated in special schools 

4. Is this still factually correct? There are 33 primary schools (24 non-fee-paying: 24 schools, 2 States' fee-paying and 7 private schools), 13 secondary schools (5 non-fee-paying, 2 States' fee-paying and 6 private schools) and Highlands College which offers further education opportunities. There are 2 Special schools, one which provides support for SEMH (La Passerelle) and one which caters for children with learning difficulties such as MLD, SLD, PMLD and ASD (Mont a l'Abbe)

Response

1. The following Government of Jersey primary and secondary schools have Additionally Resourced Provision (APR’s) for Special educational Needs (SEN).

Primary:

St Saviours

D’Auvergne

Rouge Bouillon

St Clement

Bel Royal

Secondary:

Le Rocquier

Les Quennevais

Grainville

Haute Vallee

2. A total of 143 Government of Jersey students currently have access to Additionally Resourced Provision.

There has been an increase in the need for Additionally Resourced Provision places over the past 5 years. This is in line with trends in UK of pupils requiring more specialist provision.

3. Please see the below comparison information relating to 2023/2024 academic year for Government of Jersey schools. 

A 17.3% percentage of Government of Jersey students who have special educational needs and/or disabilities as at 2023/2024 academic year.

B A total of 1782 students with a special educational needs and/or disabilities attended Government of Jersey schools as at 2023/2024 academic year of which 475 students had a Record of Need.

C As at 2023/2024 academic year, of those students with a record of need:

• 36% had SEMH needs
• 20% had Speech language and Communication needs
• 11% had specific learning difficulties

D 1.2% (178 students) attended special schools 

4. Please see the below link to the Government of Jersey website detailing all schools. 

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