Directory of Services
- Adoption Support Team
- Area SENCOs
- Children with Disabilities
- County Psychologist Service
- Education Welfare Service
- Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Support Team
- Pupil Referral Unit
- Hospital and Home Tuition Service
- Looked After Children Education Services
- Parent Support Advisors
- Social Care
- Special Educational Needs
- Specialist Advisory Teaching Service
Introduction to Service/Eligibility Criteria
Cumbria HHTS provides temporary educational support for pupils who are unable to attend school for medical reasons. The purpose is to minimise disruption to education for children who are physically ill, injured, or have mental health difficulties. HHTS aims to provide as full curriculum access as is possible to enable the pupils to make a smooth return to their school as soon as their health permits. The service also provides temporary educational support for pregnant schoolgirls and school-age mothers.
The Hospital and Home Tuition Service for Cumbria offers a sensitive and appropriate response to the educational needs of young people who are absent from school through medical needs or illness.
The County Manager, manages hospital and home tuition provision across the three regions of Cumbria: East, South and West. Teachers are based in each area and are supported by tutors. Teaching also takes place in three of the county's hospitals. Schools, educational and health professionals and other agencies, such as Connexions, can refer pupils to the service.
Cumbria Hospital and Home Tuition Service Vision:
'To provide a high quality education for pupils who are unable to attend school for medical reasons.'
Supporting Information Required
What supporting information is required beyond the CAF Pre-assessment Checklist and the standard Children's Services Single Referral Form?
The following information needs to be supplied for all referrals to Hospital & Home Tuition Service:
- Attendance Information - (child needs to be absent from school for 15 days or more)
- Consultant level medical information - GP/Other Health Worker not sufficient. HHTS have a specific form for this (use the Consultants Referral Report link below), which needs to be completed by the Consultant
- Return to school timeframe
- School girl mothers - baby due date
- Name of School and Named Person for HHTS at school
Schools, educational and health professionals and other agency professionals (for example Connexions) can refer individual pupils to the Service. A pupil must have been absent from school for fifteen school days or more, before a referral can be processed.
Contact Details
Where should referral forms and any additional information be sent?
Vanessa Andrew
Acting County Manager
The Hospital and Home Tuition Service
Children's Services
Kendal Tutorial Centre
Canal Head North
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 7BY