Heath Farm Preparatory School

Independent schools

Ashford

Kent

TN27 0AX

Reviewer	Role	When and how long?	Which needs are supported?	What therapies are provided?	Approach to Behaviour	Sen friendly Environment Rating	Knowledge of Senco Rating	Staff Knowledge of Sen Rating	Review
	Parent	Within the last two years	Unknown	None	Unknown				Reviewers link to the school: Parent When and how long?Within the last two years Which needs are supported? Unknown What therapies are provided? None Approach to behavious: Unknown Sen friendly Environment Rating: Knowledge of Senco Rating: Staff Knowledge of Sen Rating Review: cons-Don't follow EHCP care plans. Happy for children to not have an EHCP care plan HAPPY FOR CHILDREN TO SIT AT HOME FOR A YEAR WITH VERY LIMITED SUPPORT ethos-resilience with children who have very complex severe needs. TERMINOLGY USED not often appropriate to ASD families in meetings, Pretty much point scoring couldnt be Trusted Don't allow parents to speak at EHCP annual reviews Very contolling senior Management little knowledge of annual review procedures Dyslexia equipment is classed as clutter by Head teacher. Try to remove provisions in EHCP Gas light/parent blaming documents of meetings inaccurate. Keen to report parents to social care even in small misunderstandings. Very expensive placement look at you as if you are talking French when you mention EHCP provisions. Don't listen to parents regarding their children. Curriculum Programmes not necessarily suitable to neurodivergent children their termly SOLAR tracking is too complicated for parents and their famiies to follow, doesn't tell me whether my hid is independant in a task or not. No understanding of how bespoke/EOTAS works ie supporting parent with personal budgets etc whilst child at home non attending. School PEO does not investigate EHCP provisions. FOOD is not great-child said. holiday activity vouchers not received in time or too late to book! TEP'S plan are long term part time timetables going against DFE guidance. FAMILIES DO NOT GET FOOD VOUCHERS IN HOLIDAYS AS INDEPENDANT SCHOOL WON'T ALWAYS REPY TO COMPLAINTS staff need more sen training in asd,adhd, pda etc...the deeper realms, as often things were said where they should of understood that it's part of childs trait disability. front line classroom staff not in EHCP annual review meetings, where they should be. no appropriate speech and language and OT therapy as soon as chid attends school, they question whether child requires it when it is clearly stated in EHCP Frontline staff don't have access to EHCP, if do they flick through it! Pros- SOME Lovely frontline staff who care about the children Termly assemblies for certificate and trophy awards is nice. Nice surroundings Lots of trips out in community some very well behaved children for a behavioural school would say better then some children in mainstream. cooking facilities for children Organisation in drop off/pick up is very good to keep children safe Dealing with distressed children has been dealt with in a good way has a newsletter, and better then other schools for online communication regarding events etc Didn't experience automatic exclusion, makes a change from some schools we've been too. Report Content cons-Don't follow EHCP care plans. Happy for... click to read more

Reviewer

Role

When and how long?

Which needs are supported?

What therapies are provided?

Approach to Behaviour

Sen friendly Environment Rating

Knowledge of Senco Rating

Staff Knowledge of Sen Rating

Review

Parent

Within the last two years

Unknown

None

Unknown

Review: cons-Don't follow EHCP care plans.
Happy for children to not have an EHCP care plan
HAPPY FOR CHILDREN TO SIT AT HOME FOR A YEAR WITH VERY LIMITED SUPPORT
ethos-resilience with children who have very complex severe needs.
TERMINOLGY USED not often appropriate to ASD families in meetings,
Pretty much point scoring
couldnt be Trusted
Don't allow parents to speak at EHCP annual reviews
Very contolling senior Management
little knowledge of annual review procedures
Dyslexia equipment is classed as clutter by Head teacher.
Try to remove provisions in EHCP
Gas light/parent blaming
documents of meetings inaccurate.
Keen to report parents to social care even in small misunderstandings.
Very expensive placement
look at you as if you are talking French when you mention EHCP provisions.
Don't listen to parents regarding their children.
Curriculum Programmes not necessarily suitable to neurodivergent children
their termly SOLAR tracking is too complicated for parents and their famiies to follow, doesn't tell me whether my hid is independant in a task or not.
No understanding of how bespoke/EOTAS works ie supporting parent with personal budgets etc whilst child at home non attending.
School PEO does not investigate EHCP provisions.
FOOD is not great-child said.
holiday activity vouchers not received in time or too late to book!
TEP'S plan are long term part time timetables going against DFE guidance.
FAMILIES DO NOT GET FOOD VOUCHERS IN HOLIDAYS AS INDEPENDANT SCHOOL
WON'T ALWAYS REPY TO COMPLAINTS
staff need more sen training in asd,adhd, pda etc...the deeper realms, as often things were said where they should of understood that it's part of childs trait disability.
front line classroom staff not in EHCP annual review meetings, where they should be.
no appropriate speech and language and OT therapy as soon as chid attends school, they question whether child requires it when it is clearly stated in EHCP
Frontline staff don't have access to EHCP, if do they flick through it!
Pros- SOME Lovely frontline staff who care about the children
Termly assemblies for certificate and trophy awards is nice.
Nice surroundings
Lots of trips out in community
some very well behaved children for a behavioural school would say better then some children
in mainstream.
cooking facilities for children
Organisation in drop off/pick up is very good to keep children safe
Dealing with distressed children has been dealt with in a good way
has a newsletter, and better then other schools for online communication regarding events etc
Didn't experience automatic exclusion, makes a change from some schools we've been too. Report Content

cons-Don't follow EHCP care plans. Happy for... click to read more