Enhanced Provisions

Enhanced Provision in Moray

Some children and young people need a more specialised learning environment and a more individualised approach to their education.

Moray’s Enhanced Provisions are based within mainstream schools and provide additional support, specialist approaches and adapted learning for children and young people with significant additional support needs.

This project explains what Enhanced Provision is, who it may be suitable for and, importantly, what learning and the curriculum can look like for children and young people who attend.

A different way of learning does not mean less learning

Children and young people in Enhanced Provision continue to have a right to an ambitious, meaningful education. Their curriculum may look different because it is adapted to their individual strengths, needs, communication, development and future independence.

The Enhanced Provision curriculum

There is no single curriculum that is right for every child or young person in Enhanced Provision.

Learning should be built around the individual child or young person and may include:

• communication and interaction
• literacy and numeracy
• health and wellbeing
• emotional regulation and sensory needs
• relationships and social understanding
• independence and life skills
• interests, strengths and wider achievement
• preparation for adulthood and future transitions

The balance will be different for every learner. What matters is that learning is meaningful, accessible, appropriately challenging and helps each child or young person make progress from their own starting point.

Learning can look different

A young person learning to prepare a simple snack may also be developing:

• reading and following instructions
• counting and measuring
• communication and making choices
• sequencing and problem-solving
• fine motor skills
• safety awareness
• confidence and independence

Learning like this is not separate from the curriculum. It brings different areas of learning together in a way that is meaningful and useful for the individual learner.

Every child is different

Enhanced Provision should never be based on a label or diagnosis alone. Decisions should be based on the individual child or young person, the support they need to access learning and the environment in which they are most likely to thrive.