Behaviour and Exclusion

Behaviour Support

The Behaviour Support Service addresses the needs of children and young people with emotional and behavioural problems, supporting individuals, their parents/carers and schools. It works closely with other sections within Education's Children and Young People's Services, including the Education Psychology Service, the Education Welfare Service, and the Cultural Diversity Service to provide support in the following areas:

Alternative Programmes

Behaviour Support - Alternative Programmes (BS/AP) is primarily a pupil support service that enables Barnsley Council to fulfil its statutory duties in relation to the education of sick children, mothers of school age and teenage parents, pupils permanently excluded from school and children with special educational needs.

Pupils out of school because of illness or other reasons

The Behaviour Support Service has established an integrated education support service for pupils in need of education other than at school. This service is managed by the Head of the Behaviour Support Service and co-ordinated from the Springwell Centre. Pupils out of school because of medical needs, mothers of school age, permanently excluded pupils and other pupils unable to access school based education can receive support through the Service.

Springwell provides access for pupils in Key Stages 3 and 4 who require behavioural support programmes, including those permanently excluded form school. It will accommodate a maximum of 32 secondary age pupils and, because of the difficulties in integrating some permanently excluded pupils in their last year of primary education, some pupils in Year 6 can be accommodated.

The centre directly links with the youth support strategy, which is a multi-agency response for Key Stage 4 pupils that are unable to return to mainstream education.  The strategy involves education being delivered in a wide variety of challenging environments, including outward bound, environmental studies, media studies, sports and fitness, construction and performing arts.

Young offenders in secure provision

Young offenders, between the ages of 13 and 16, may be remanded or sentenced to periods within secure accommodation. They are expected to attend educational classes and all such units provide education to National Curriculum standard with opportunities to undertake GCSE course work. Contact between the young persons school is established, exchange of educational assessments and completed work is encouraged, and home/school staff are invited to attend final reviews when planning for the re-integration of the young person back into home and education. The youth offending team plays a crucial role in facilitating the above through the deployment of its multi-agency staff and contacts with other support services.