Education and Skills written question – answered at on 27 February 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills where the (a) multi-agency behaviour and education support teams and (b) in-school learning support units are based.
Behaviour and Education Support Teams (BESTs) can be located in either a school or community setting. In practice, many of the current teams have a permanent base in a secondary school, while also working with a cluster of associated primary and secondary schools. However, community settings are also used in some cases, and these may have the advantage of being more accessible to parents. A survey of schools and local authorities involved in the Behaviour Improvement Programme (BIP) indicated that there were around 190 BESTs, operating across 137 local BIP projects, in the summer term 2005.
Learning Support Units (LSUs) are school-based centres for primary or secondary pupils who are disaffected, at risk of exclusion or vulnerable because of family or social issues. Most LSUs offer support to pupils at the school in which they are based, but some are shared by a group of schools. There are at least 1,500 LSUs in England (around 120 are primary LSUs), found mainly, but not wholly, in Excellence in Cities areas.
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