The Harbour School, Portsmouth
Community special school and alternative provision for children unable to attend mainstream schools, aged 5-16
Contact
- Tipner Lane, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 8RA
- 023 92665664
- admin@thsportsmouth.org
- http://theharbourschoolportsmouth.org/
The Harbour School is a local authority controlled Special School and Alternative Provision (AP), provinding education for Portsmouth pupils who are unable to attend mainstream school for either Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Needs or medical reasons. There are 95 places for learners with Education and Health Care Plans (EHCPs), 105 Alternative Provision (AP) places and 38 places funded from the ‘medical block’.
The school delivers a range of services:
- Special School and Alternative Provision for learners in Yr5 to Yr9 with SEMH Needs that cannot be met in mainstream school (The Harbour School at Tipner).
- Special School and Alternative Provision for learners in KS4 with SEMH Needs that cannot be met in mainstream school (The Harbour Vocational Centre).
- Special and Alternative Provision for learners in KS3 and 4 with Medical Needs which cannot be met in mainstream school, Medical Tuition for learners who are too ill to attend school and Hospital Education (The Harbour School Medical Provision).
- Special School Provision for learners with complex SEMH Needs as an alternative to out of city placement (The Harbour School at Stamshaw and The Bridge).
- Outreach Services to support learners in other schools across Portsmouth. The Multi-Agency Behaviour Support Service (MABS) and The Young Parents Support Service (YPSS).
The school makes provision for learners who require a short period of Alternative Provision away from mainstream school and for learners with long term and complex SEMH Needs.
Four sites across Portsmouth are currently used to deliver the range of provision.