Health Needs Education Service Health Needs Education is an education service provision run by Kent Local Authority for children who are unable to attend their home school because of illness. Provision may include education at home (home tuition), education at a base or satellite or in hospital depending on the illness or medical needs of the child.

Schools apply by returning a completed referral form to the Service Coordinator at Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone ME14 1XQ.
When successful the school will then call a planning meeting to consider the type, length, of support and outline reintegration plans. If other provision is appropriate the coordinator will facilitate this.

• Form HNE1a/b - School Referral form
• Referral from Out of County Hospitals

• Canterbury at Beauherne school
• Gravesend at Raynehurst School
• Tonbridge at the Oakley school satellite
• Maidstone at the Gatland House Education Unit (Providing education for children who are attending the Oast Inpatient Mental Health Unit in Maidstone)
  
  
• Service Boundaries Map

1. Outreach to schools to create capacity for pupils to remain in their home schools wherever possible. (e.g. advice and training about risk assessments/care plans, condition specific training such as acquired brain injury or epilepsy)
2. Home tuition for pupils so unwell they cannot leave home
3. Tuition at bases for those who need small groups and the specialist knowledge of their conditions
4. GCSE courses for those in year 10/11 where they are unable to reintegrate into their home schools
5. Tuition at a satellite for those for whom a 'halfway house' is needed, in small groups.

Documentation

• HNE Example Case Studies 
• Range of Provision in Kent
• Summary of the Kent policy for meeting the health needs of children and young people (Education Otherwise)
• Full Kent policy for meeting the health needs of children and young people
• Outline model school policy for meeting the health needs of children and young people

Criteria

Information Fact Sheet with notes on the following:
Criteria for placement at East or West Kent base
Criteria for home tuition
Advice to schools

Including Me by Jeanne Carlin

For more information/advice or discussion about referrals please contact:

Evelyn Green
Tel: 01622 696645
evelyn.green@kent.gov.uk