The Stephen Longfellow Academy is an Alternative Provision setting for both Primary and Secondary children/young people and we are primarily a setting where students are referred from a mainstream school to attend an alternative school. We cater for the same SEN as mainstream school which are:
- Communication and Interaction (For example: Speech and Language, or Autistic Spectrum Condition)
- Social, emotional and mental health difficulties (SEMH, for example Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety )
- Sensory and/or physical needs (Inclusive of visual, hearing and multi-sensory impairment)
- Cognition and Learning
We have students with varied needs, and a higher than average of students identified as SEND which is often why we students are referred to attend our provision, in order to access additional support. We are not, however a specialist setting exclusively providing education for SEND students only and also have students in attendance that do not have SEND.
The needs of our students vary but are not only students identified as having Social Emotional and Mental Health needs.