Responsibilities of the School and Panel
The referring school will:
- Recognise and accept your collective responsibility for the education of all pupils in Rotherham regardless of their level of need and challenge.
- Agree to use a model of graduated response in relation to behaviour concerns modelled on the ‘assess, plan, do, review’ set out in the SEND Code of Practice.
- Acknowledge that Permanent Exclusion has a negative effect on any pupil and as such should be used as a last resort only once all other options have been exhausted.
- Utilise all available options and resources to avoid placement outside mainstream ahead of referral into the area wide Inclusion Panel.
The Inclusion Panel will:
- Hold panel meetings (monthly) to consider referrals and to propose appropriate outcomes for the pupils referred.
- Have responsibility or delegated responsibility to make decisions pertaining to the school, academy, or the agency they are representing.
- Provide a multi professional forum for discussion and decision making, working in partnership to promote inclusion.
- Provide a transparent, responsive referral route to targeted and specialist resources, ensuring children and families access the relevant support in a timely manner.
