Pupil Support Service

Tameside Specialist Outreach Support Service (TSOSS)

TSOSS  is a specialist team of multi skilled professionals, including teachers and specialist support workers.  The service helps schools and settings to meet the needs of vulnerable children and young people and those with SEND.  The service is available to Early Years and school-aged children and young people attending a mainstream setting within Tameside.  The service offers support in relation to:

  • Communication and Interaction
  • Social Emotional and Mental Health
  • Cognition and Learning with a focus on Specific Learning Difficulties
  • Early Years

The service offers:

  • Advice, consultation and guidance from specialist practitioners.
  • Observations
  • Strategies and modelling
  • Training

You can contact the service by speaking to your school SENDCO who will advise on the work that is offered.

 

ASC Resource Base Provision

Most children and young people who have an Education, Health, and Care plan will attend a mainstream school or provision. For some, it might be right for that child or young person to go to a specialist setting, school, or college, or an enhanced resource base. To go to a special school or an enhanced resource base in a mainstream school, a child or young person must have an Education, Health and Care Plan which sets out the specialist support necessary for the child/young person.
More info on Educational, Health & Care Plans

 

In Tameside there are two Enhanced Resource Base’s for children with autism.

St John Fisher Primary School for pupils aged 5-11 years

Primary Resource Base
The ASC Resource Base is a specialist provision catering for children who have a diagnosis of Autism and an Education, Healthcare Plan.  Our aim is to involve all children in the social and academic life of the school wherever possible. We strive to provide positive learning experiences for all our children. The children share dinner and play times and take part in some assemblies. We also aim to include children whenever possible in mainstream classes. Those who are able to cope will gradually increase the proportion of time spent with their mainstream peers. The level of inclusion in mainstream classes is based upon individual needs and abilities. We provide a curriculum that not only focuses on their academic needs but also allows them to develop their skills of social interaction and social awareness.
St John Fisher Primary School

St Thomas More RC College for pupils aged 11-16 years

Secondary Resource Base
The ASC Secondary Resource Base is located at St Thomas More RC College, Denton and managed by the Local Authority. The Resource Base caters for students who have a diagnosis of Autism and an Education and Health Care Plan. The purpose of the resource base is to enable students to access the curricular and social activities of the main school with the appropriate level of support. The resource base also provides a place for students to access support and targeted interventions either on an individual basis or as part of a small group. Students are able to spend break and lunchtimes within the base. Staff working in the base have a wide range of experience in working with young people on the Autistic Spectrum.
St Thomas More RC College