Outreach Service & Offer

Introducing the Larwood Outreach Service

The service is delivered to mainstream primary pupils in Reception, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 within the DSPL 2 area (Stevenage).

Our Outreach team is led by Stuart Jacobs – a serving practitioner here at Larwood who has worked previously in mainstream, as well as working alongside the Deputy Headteacher at Larwood with various behaviour related projects. The team is continually evolving and growing to ensure we meet the need of the area.

Pupil focused support.
Supporting the development of effective behaviour management strategies.
Guidance for creation, implementation and review of behaviour support plans.
Creating, and supporting staff to create, resources to support learning.
Strategies to assist with inclusion.
Advice on differentiation and curriculum development.
Facilitate discussion with parents and other professionals for additional support.
Discussion to generate, implement and review ideas and strategies.

Services on Offer

We currently offer 3 main types of support

for mainstream schools

Pupil Focused Support: Support and advice directed at a specific pupil.
Phase support: Support and advice for a class, cohort, or phase.
In-reach: An opportunity for mainstream staff to spend time at Larwood.

Pupil Focused Support

Supporting the development of effective behaviour management strategies.
Guidance for creation, implementation and review of behaviour support plans.
Creating, and supporting staff to create, resources to support learning.
Strategies to assist with inclusion.
Advice on differentiation and curriculum development.
Facilitate discussion with parents and other professionals for additional support.
Discussion to generate, implement and review ideas and strategies.

Phase Support

Support for 3 weeks rather than the current 5-week format for individuals, enabling it to run after a panel and conclusions to be made ahead of the next one.
The support will look to identify behaviour patterns, triggers, incidents, rewards and consequences currently used, interventions in place, as well as any potential timetable concerns.
If after one block of 3 weeks there are individuals that require more bespoke and tailored support, they would move on to the individual tier 3 caseload if agreed by the behaviour board at the following panel.
Morning or afternoon session in the phase with time dedicated to discussion with the SENCO, phase/year group lead, class teachers and teaching assistants where appropriate.
Observations at varying points of the morning or afternoon session would take place and strategies would be fed back on a weekly basis with an expectation that these are trialled ahead of the visit the following week.
There will be the opportunity to discuss individual children and needs throughout the support, but the phase approach would look to identify any underlying issues and offer potential solutions that may result in a reduced need for individual tier 3 referrals.

The Outreach program reached out to a record number of schools and pupils during
the past academic year. The outreach team carried out over 930 observation visits
supporting 26 schools across Stevenage and over 100 pupils.

“I would like to say how much we have appreciated the services' support over this academic year. Your help in supporting them to survive and even thrive in a mainstream environment has been invaluable. They have all benefited tremendously from being part of the programme.

I would like to particularly comment on how supportive it has been to have Larwood staff meeting with parents, that has been a super help and support both to school and the families.

I am particularly grateful for how flexible you all are to revisit previous children and to always be just a phone call away for all those random bits of emergency advice we all need from time to time.

I do hope you will continue to grow and develop your staffing for this service, I'm not sure how we would all be managing in mainstream without Larwood Outreach being part of the Local Offer!

I look forward to working with you all in the future to support our young people and their families.”

(Evaluation feedback from Round Diamond school)

Outreach	Year 7
Children Supported	108	Increase 44 pupils
Ages Supported	All
Schools Supported	26	Increased by 4
Visits Conducted	938	Increased by 443
Monitoring Visits	19	Increased by 11
Attendance Increase	82%	Increased by 3%
Timetable Increase	89%	Increased by 3%
Increased T/T or Full	89%
Fixed Term Exclusions	84	Down by 4
Permanent Exclusions	2	Same
Phase Visits	7	Increase of 3