01 WELCOME

NEW LEGISLATION: 02 WHAT’S CHANGED?

PREPARATION FOR 03 ADULTHOOD

TRANSITION INTO 04 POST-16 PROVISION

05 WHAT’S OUT THERE?

06 HELPFUL CONTACTS WELCOME Information about where to go and what is on offer can be difficult to find when you are thinking about your next steps. In producing this booklet, 14-19 Services aim to plug this gap by making sure that you and your family know what provision is available for your continued education and training. This booklet is intended to give a brief description of the education providers 14-19 Services currently work with.

NEW LEGISLATION: WHAT’S CHANGED?

The Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) reforms came into effect in September 2014. If you have a Statement or Learning Difficulty Assessment (LDA) it is likely you will be transferred to an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan. The EHC Plan will be developed with you, your family, and any professionals supporting your education, health and care. It will clearly set out the support you will require from 0 - 25 and will avoid families having to ‘tell their stories’ many times to different services. Not everyone will transfer to an EHC plan straight away. By 1st April 2018 all young people will have transferred to a EHC plan. PREPARATION FOR ADULTHOOD Every EHC plan review from Year 9 onward will include a focus on preparation for adulthood outcomes. This is important because it makes sure your views are taken into account about your aspirations, ways in which you would like to keep healthy, where and with whom you want to live and how to access services within your local community. TRANSITION INTO POST-16 PROVISION

If an independent specialist provider is named in your EHC plan then a place will be offered. However, it will be necessary to satisfy the following criteria before a place is named:

• There is no local provision that is sufficient in quantity and adequate in quality that can meet the learner’s education or training needs. • There is evidence that the learner has medical or care needs that cannot be addressed by local providers and that would prevent the learner from accessing education or training that was sufficient in quantity and adequate in quality to meet his or her needs

Local authorities must comply with preferences unless the local authority can demonstrate:

• It would be unsuitable for the age, ability, aptitude or special educational needs of the child or young person. • The attendance of the child or young person there would be incompatible with the efficient education of others. • It is not an efficient use of public funds, for example, where local provision is able to meet the needs of the young person. WHAT’S OUT THERE?

AQUINAS COLLEGE Aquinas College has provision for Aquinas College, learners aged 16+, who have moderate Maxine Allcock, or severe learning difficulties. Courses Nangreave Road, focus on developing the personal, Stockport. SK2 6TH social and practical skills needed to live Tel: 0161 483 3237 (Ext. 70241) life independently. Learners have the www.aquinas.ac.uk opportunity to develop their skills in areas such as, shopping, cooking, handling money, travelling in the local community and weekly work experience. All courses include: Mathematics, English and ICT and lead to BTEC qualifications.

CASTLE HILL SIXTH FORM Castle Hill Sixth Form is housed in newly Castle Hill Sixth Form, built sixth form and vocational centres. Julie Jones, Emphasis is placed on improving English, The Fairway, Offerton, Mathematics and ICT skills alongside Stockport. SK2 5DS vocational and work related learning. Tel: 0161 285 3925 www.castlehill.stockport.sch.uk

CHEADLE AND MARPLE Cheadle and Marple College Network Cheadle and Marple College offer two programmes for young people Network, with learning difficulties aged 16 and over Luan Barrie, to develop independent, personal, social Cheadle Road, Cheadle Hulme. life and work skills. A range of curriculum SK8 5HA activities and excellent in-class support is Tel: 0161 484 6612 available. www.camsfc.ac.uk HEATON SCHOOL Heaton School offer courses for students Heaton School, aged 16 – 19 with severe, profound and Jo Chambers, multiple learning difficulties, Autistic St James Road, Spectrum Disorder and/or complex needs. Heaton Moor, Stockport. SK4 4RE Tel: 0161 432 1931 www.heaton.stockport.sch.uk Stockport College have provision for Stockport College learners aged 16+, who have moderate Josette Bennett learning difficulties. Courses focus on the Wellington Road South skills required to progress onto vocational Stockport SK1 3UQ courses or employment including hospitality, Tel: 0161 296 5000 bricklaying, painting and decorating, [email protected] carpentry, joinery or motor vehicle. Learners develop their skills through a variety of activities including working in the café, shopping, cooking, hosting charity events and volunteering activities within the local community and enterprise fairs. Courses include maths, English, personal tutorials and enrichment activities. The department provides a small, friendly and supportive environment that encourages progression.

OTHER COLLEGES YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT

ASHTON SIXTH FORM LORETO COLLEGE Ashton Sixth Form, Loreto College, College Darnton Road, Chichester Road South, Ashton-under-Lyne. . OL6 9RL M15 5PB 0161 330 2330 0161 226 5156 [email protected] [email protected] COLLEGE , Beaufort Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Manchester. OL6 6NX 0161 908 6789 [email protected]

THE MANCHESTER COLLEGE , Ashton Old Road, , Manchester. M11 2WH 0161 909 6655 [email protected]

TRAFFORD COLLEGE College, Manchester Road, , Cheshire. WA14 5PQ 0161 886 7070 [email protected]

XAVERIAN SIXTH FORM COLLEGE Xaverian Sixth Form College, Lower Park Road, Manchester. M14 5RB 0161 224 1781 [email protected] WHAT IF LOCAL PROVISION CAN’T MEET MY NEEDS?

Independent Specialist Providers (ISPs) operate outside of normal provision so strict eligibility rules apply and funding is limited. Funding for an ISP will not be agreed if a local provider can offer quality provision.

INDEPENDENT SPECIALIST PROVIDERS

Bridge College offers a full curriculum to day learners aged 16-25. Bridge College Openshaw Campus, Whitworth Street, Manchester. M11 2GR www.togethertrust.org.uk

Derwen College offers a full curriculum and both day and residential provision for learners aged 16-25. Derwen College, Whittington Road, Gobowen, Oswestry. SY11 3JA www.derwen.ac.uk Royal Manchester College (Seashell Trust) offers a full curriculum and both day and residential provision for learners aged 16-25. Royal Manchester College (Seashell Trust), Stanley Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. SK8 6RQ www.seashelltrust.org.uk

Pennine Camphill Community offers a full curriculum and both day and residential provision for learners aged 16-25. Pennine Camphill Community, Wood Lane, Chapelthorpe, Wakefield. WF4 3JL www.pennine.org.uk

David Lewis Mill Lane Warford, Alderley Edge, Cheshire. SK9 7UD www.davidlewis.org.uk

WORK BASED LEARNING PROVIDERS

GP Strategies Learning 4Work is a Foundation Learning programme offered over a 1–25 weeks period, from Entry Level to Level 2. www.gpsta.co.uk

Rathbones provide a pre-apprenticeship programme offering employability skills and a range of work placement opportunities. www.rathboneuk.org SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS

Stockport Council provides a number of supported internships for young people aged 18-24 with SEND. The internships last 6 months and help to prepare young people to achieve paid employment and the skills needed for work through learning in the workplace.

14-19 Services Tel: 0161 474 2350 Email: [email protected]

PURE INNOVATIONS

Pure Innovations provide individualised pathways for young people with SEN, disabilities and/or learning difficulties, leaving care or otherwise vulnerable. They offer a wide range of opportunities including, travel training and supported employment with local employers.

Pure Innovations, Bird Hall Lane, Stockport. SK3 0RF 0161 474 5900 [email protected] www.pureinnovations.co.uk HELPFUL CONTACTS

CONNECT Connect enable disabled people to enjoy leisure activities in the local community and further afield. Volunteers provide support with activities organised by understanding staff. Activities take place during the evenings and at weekends, primarily for people with a physical or sensory impairment. Connect will also support people with a secondary learning disability, who live within Stockport.

Disability Stockport, Tel: 0161 474 8283 23 High Street, [email protected] Stockport. www.disabilitystockport.org.uk SK1 1EG

PARENTS IN PARTNERSHIP STOCKPORT PIPS is an independent local parent carer forum in Stockport run by parents for parents, carers, grandparents and family members who have a child/young person between the ages of 0 & 25 years with a disability or/and additional needs.

We work in co-production with the local authority, education, health, social care and other providers to ensure the collective voice of parents and carers of children and young people with disabilities and additional needs are heard during the design, development, delivery and review of services to help create services that meet the needs of families.

PIPS offers an opportunity for families of children and young people with disabilities or additional needs to come together, to share information and to provide support to each other.

www.pipstockport.org Tel: 07786 101 072 SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Services for Young People (SfYP) offer independent information, advice and guidance about education, employment and training. If you are at school you will be allocated a dedicated Young People’s Worker (YPW) who will attend your reviews and support your transition into post 16 education, employment or training.

48- 52 Wellington Road South, Stockport. SK1 3SS

Tel: 0161 474 2300 [email protected]

STOCKPORT CEREBRAL PALSY SOCIETY Stockport Cerebral Palsy Society provide a wide range of activities and support for adults and children with physical and/or learning disabilities and autistic spectrum conditions. We particularly focus on individuals with the most complex needs. We currently support over 700 people across the North West to live a more independent life.

Stockport Cerebral Palsy Society provide a wide range of activities and support for adults and children with physical and/or learning disabilities and autistic spectrum conditions. We particularly focus on individuals with the most complex needs. We currently support over 700 people across the North West to live a more independent life. STOCKPORT CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE’S DISABILITY PARTNERSHIP Stockport Children & Young People’s Disability Partnership has been brought together to help children with disabilities; some of the services that the partnership includes are the Children with Disabilities Team (Social Care), Special Educational Needs and the Children’s Therapy Services from the Primary Care Trust and Foundation Trust. The aim of the partnership is to provide support to children, young people and their families in Stockport.

8th Floor, Regent House, Heaton Lane, Stockport. SK4 1BS

Tel: 0161 426 5216 [email protected]

Apprenticeships offer a wide range of opportunities to earn while you learn. The staff at the Apprenticeships Store can help young people learn about Apprenticeships and can support them to find a role that is suitable for their knowledge and skills.

The Apprenticeships Store can also show people how to apply for Apprenticeships using the official Apprenticeship vacancies website. For more information please contact:

Apprenticeships Store, Email: [email protected] Stockport Exchange, Telephone: 0161 474 4745 Wellington Road South, Twitter: @appstore_SK Stockport. Facebook: /apprenticeshipsstore SK1 3TA