Let’s Talk About Resource Bases

Welcome to Let’s Talk About Resource Bases

Join Bristol Parent Carers and Bristol City Council online on Wednesday 13th May at 10am.

Resource Bases are specialist classrooms or units within mainstream schools. They support children and young people with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) who need extra or different help. Children usually spend at least part of the day learning in the Resource Base and are supported by specialist staff. You can find out more about Bristol’s Resource Bases on this page of our website.

Schools with Resource Bases in Bristol are:

Ashton Park School, Blaise High School, City Academy, Compass Point Primary, Easton CE Primary, Fishponds Primary, Glenfrome Primary, Henbury Court Primary, May Park Primary, Oasis Academy Brislington, Oasis Academy Long Cross, Oasis Academy New Oak and Shirehampton Primary School.

We would like to invite you to our online session on Wednesday 13th May where we will be joined by Hilary Evans who leads the SEND Team in Bristol, and Gabrielle Stacey who is leading a city-wide review of Resource Bases. Hilary will talk about our local Resource Bases and future plans for the city. Bristol Parent Carers will then lead a discussion where we will hear your views. We will think about topics such as your experience of:

• Finding information out about Resource Bases
• Asking for a place at a Resource Base for your child, whether your child got a place or not
• If your child is currently at a Resource Base how your experience has been so far, including what you think about the provision available and how the transition to the Resource Base went for your child
• If your child was previously in a Resource Base and has moved to another setting

Your voice matters and can shape the support available for families like yours – help us make sure it’s heard.

Our Let’s Talk sessions are interactive, so we’d appreciate you keeping your camera on (if possible), and talking away as much as you’d like!

As a thank you for attending and sharing your experiences, we will send you a £10 voucher. For online sessions, we will post a voucher to your home address that you provide during Eventbrite booking. You will be asked to re-confirm your home address when you register for the online Zoom session.

The Zoom link for this session will be emailed to you by Eventbrite 30 minutes before the session starts. If you cannot make this session but would still like to share your views, please complete this short survey here: LET’S TALK ABOUT: RESOURCE BASES – Fill out form

*Please note, to attend this session you must live in Bristol (your bin will be collected by Bristol City Council), or your child must attend a school in the Bristol city area. You must also have a child with Special Educational Needs, but they do not need to have a diagnosis.