Eleanor Smith School

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Eleanor Smith is a special school for pupils with social, emotional, behavioral, and mental health needs. It caters for pupils on a split-site – Years R to Year 7 at the North Street site and Years 8 to 11 at Lawson Close. The school is in the London Borough of Newham, an ethnically diverse inner-city area. Pupils are taught in small classes with a high adult to pupil ratio. Typically pupils are taught for three days at Eleanor Smith with two days spent at a mainstream link school with the aim of the provision to return the pupil full time to mainstream education.

Eleanor Smith School is a provision for mixed-gender pupils aged 5 to 16 years. Progression through the Code of Practice will have indicated that pupils have social, emotional, and Mental Health difficulties (SEMH) – and Special Educational Needs (SEN), which cannot be met fully in their local school.

Eleanor Smith School aims to present pupils with a broad, balanced, and relevant education that promotes all aspects of their development. The school supports the pupils’ mainstream school’s responsibility of delivering the requirements of the National Curriculum where appropriate.

We aim to build resilience in all our pupils as citizens of the 21st Century. We believe in the potential of all our pupils to make progress in their learning and social-emotional development. We inspire our pupils to make positive choices, have high expectations of themselves, and always strive to do their best.

In realizing these aims we provide:

• A structured school environment where pupils are encouraged to manage their learning and behaviors successfully.
• A place where pupils feel safe and secure.
• A non-judgemental forum where parents/carers can reflect on and develop their parenting skills with quality guidance and support.
• A school that inspires pupils to attend and re-engage in their learning with enthusiasm and drive.
• A place of learning where pupils can belong and have a true sense of community.
• A wide range of interventions that help support and guide pupils through their journeys of personal development.
• An understanding and recognition of local, national, and international issues.
• A holistic approach in understanding the lives of all our pupils.

Eleanor Smith School has the highest expectations of students. Many children who come to our school have missed out on their learning and there is no time to waste, so we try hard to ensure that the teaching and learning in our school are effective and the best they can be. We follow the National Curriculum and other national strategies. The normal curriculum of any school is also supplemented by activities that help the children with the things they find particularly difficult like managing their anger, playing games with other children, or coping better sitting in the classroom. All students are set targets that are regularly reviewed. Parents and schools are kept informed about the children’s progress both informally and formally.

Our Purpose:

• To work in partnership with mainstream school’s parents and/ or carers and outside agencies.
• To support pupils with social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties in maintaining and benefiting from their mainstream placement.
• To return pupils to their mainstream school on a full-time basis.
• To provide a flexible service to enable pupils to take advantage of the opportunities which are available in their mainstream school and the local community.
• To enable pupils to overcome difficulties that have become barriers to learning by offering appropriate support.
• To assess the educational needs of each pupil, to plan and implement a supportive framework enabling the pupil to achieve and develop at their mainstream school.
• To work with the Borough’s Primary and Secondary schools in helping pupils manage their social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties to make progress and reach their potential.

Secondary School Year 8 to Year 11 90a Lawson Close, London, E16 3LU Phone: +44 20 75113222 Email: [email protected]

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