Student Support

Dr Yulla Lamprou, Director of Student Support

ICS offers a comprehensive programme for those families seeking a special needs school on London. Operating under a philosophy of full inclusion, we assess the needs of each child to develop a profile of learning strengths and weaknesses. Individual Education Plans (IEPs) are then developed for use as the guiding framework for meeting each child’s specific special needs. Individualized goals are developed not only to remediate learning difficulties, but also to facilitate the child’s integration into all classroom activities.

The approach at ICS is flexible and adapted to meet individual needs within the overall curriculum framework, allowing us to accommodate a wide range of learning differences. We utilize a multi-disciplinary team approach in order to offer the best opportunity for children to be successful while remediating learning difficulties.

Specialized therapies and other services are offered when required for correcting learning problems and to maximize potential. Our students have many opportunities for learning in the “real world”. Integrated into the curriculum are several excursions to local destinations, to our Suffolk campus and to international destinations in our Travel and Learn program. These specialised services help make this one of the most unique programmes available at any special needs school in London.

Services offered:

• Speech/Language Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Art/Play Therapy
• Counselling
• Literacy Remediation & Support
• Maths Remediation & Support
• In-class Learning Support Assistant

Admissions to ICS for Students with SEN

The volume of applications to the International Community School for
children with SEN's has for the last 7 years always exceeded the number of
places available. ICS has had to turn many children away because of this or
because the School deemed itself not to be a 'best fit' for the child. As a
School that is passionate about inclusion, these decisions remain
very difficult particularly as the School is aware of the limited options available to families in London.

With the ambition of doing more for international and UK family's seeking
School placements for children with SEN's, ICS has engaged the services of
the SKOLA International Trust for Special Educational Needs (SITSE) to
manage the applications it receives from children with SEN. This 
independent body acts on behalf of the applicants to find Schools in
London and the South East that 'best fit' each child's individual
needs.

If you would like to apply to the ICS, please contact the Trust directly:

SITSE Email:
SITSE Website: www.sitse.org
SITSE Tel: +44 (0) 7944 359822