Mainstream schools with additionally resourced provision (ARPs)

Some children may need more support than is ordinarily available in all of our mainstream schools. This is because they are not making sufficient progress despite getting the extra help available.

If a school thinks that a child or young person needs additional funding to be able to deliver more than is ordinarily available, the SENDCo will talk to parents or carers about requesting either an:

Schools deliver the majority of additional support children and young people need.  A small number may need more support than mainstream schools can provide, even with an ENG or EHC Plan.  A higher level of support is available from:

ARPs in mainstream schools

A small number of schools in Camden employ specialist teachers and support assistants. They work with health therapists to provide more intensive support. This is known as an Additionally Resourced Provision (ARP) and used to be known as Resource Bases.

An ARP provides an enhanced level of support in mainstream schools, over and above what is available in schools

Children and young people attending an ARP will need an Education, Health and Care Plan. On rare occasions, we may decide to agree an assessment placement at an ARP. 

The Local Authority arranges placements in an ARP. The only children and young people who can access the ARP are those with an EHC plan that states clearly that the child requires enhanced support from the ARP.

Children and young people will be in their classes alongside their peers for as much time as they can manage. They are unlikely to be placed in an ARP for autism if they can manage 50% or more of their time in a larger class environment. They require a more individualised curriculum and will work in small groups, supported by one or more adults, for much of their week. Over time, they are supported to spend an increasing amount of time with their same-age peers and less time in small groups.

Primary schools that have ARPs

Kentish Town Primary School

Type of need: Autism | Number of places: 15
Type of need: Physical difficulties | Number of places: 6
Year Group: Reception to Year 6
Visit the Kentish Town Primary School website.

Netley Primary School

Type of need: Autism | Number of places: 30
Year Group: Reception to Year 6
Visit the Netley Primary School website.

Primrose Hill Primary School (The Grove)

Type of need: Autism | Number of places: 14
Year Group: Reception to Year 6
Visit the Primrose Hill Primary School (The Grove) website.

Torriano Primary School

Type of need: Complex Speech, Language and Communication | Number of places: 14
Year Group: Reception to Year 6
Visit the Torriano Primary School website.

Laycock Hearing Impairment Unit

We also access  Laycock Hearing Impairment Unit, an Islington provision for primary-aged children based in a mainstream school.

Read more about the Laycock Hearing Impairment Unit on their website.

Secondary schools that have ARPs

Acland Burghley

Type of need: Autism  | Number of places: 20
Year Group: Year 7 to Year 11
Visit the Acland Burghley website.

Haverstock School

Type of need: Autism  | Number of places: Opened with 4 in September 2023, increasing by 4 each year up to 20
Year Group: Year 7 to Year 11
Visit the Haverstock School website.

Regent High School

Type of need: Physical difficulties  | Number of places: 4
Year Group: Year 7 to Year 11
Visit the Regent High School website.