These are centres within mainstream schools which:
- provide for a very small proportion of pupils with particular types of special educational needs
- have extra staff with specialist knowledge
- have specialist equipment
- take children with very significant needs which cannot easily be met at their local school.
If your child attends an Individual Needs Centre based in a mainstream school, your child:
- will be undergoing an Assessment under Section 323 of the Education Act 1996, or will have a Statement of Special Educational Needs
- may travel to school by bus or taxi, paid for by the Local Education Authority
- will be among other children in the school with similar special educational needs
- will be able to take part in some of the school activities with the other children
- may have speech and language therapy, physiotherapy or nursing help provided in school if this is agreed by the Health Authority.
There are five Individual Needs Centres in Nottinghamshire. They have teachers with specialist knowledge in:
- hearing impairment
- communication difficulties.
They are found within the following Nottinghamshire schools:
Annie Holgate Junior School
(7 to 11 years, hearing impaired)
High Leys Road
Hucknall
Notts NG15 6EZ
Tel: 0115 956 8281
St Augustine's Infant and Junior Schools
(5 to 11 years, hearing impaired)
Longfellow Drive
Worksop
Notts S80 0DW
Tel: 01909 473473 / 01909 473955
Sutton Road Primary School
(5 to 9 years, communication)
Moror Lane
Mansfield
Notts NG18 5SF
Tel: 01623 455920
Holgate Comprehensive School
(11 to 16 years, hearing impaired)
Hillcrest Drive
Hucknall
Notts NG15 6PX
Tel: 0115 963 2104
