• Student is of age eligible for primary school.
• Student is experiencing significant social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties which place them at risk of disengagement within the mainstream educational setting.
• Student has speech and language skills within the normal range.
• Student has a full scale IQ of 80 or more.
• Student is unlikely to cause significant or persistent harm to themselves and others.
• Student exhibits positive indicators of the ability to sustain changes made and to reintegrate into mainstream school following placement at Cheshire School.
• Parents, guardians and carers are willing to support school policies and procedures and will be positively and actively responsive to working with staff to support behavioural change.