Sometimes children have specific needs may be better met at a school or unit with specialist staff or equipment available to meet those needs. The Thistle Wing & Annexe, Kinnaird Primary School and The Time Zone, Maddiston Primary School provide support for children with enduring or life-long physical, intellectual, sensory or social, emotional and behavioural additional support needs.

Although not part of the mainstream primary department within these schools, opportunities for inclusion are embraced within these settings.

Places at the Thistle Wing & Annexe and Time Zone are limited and prioritised at the Pupil Support Resources Group. 

Key features of these provisions are:

• All pupils are on stage 4 of Falkirk Council’s ‘Staged Intervention Process’
• High levels of needs are met through partnership working across a range of agencies, including integrated support by Speech and Language Therapy Service, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and specialist nursing
• Children are taught in classes with a maximum of 6 pupils with up to three staff attached to each group 
• Provision of a communication-rich learning environment where the use of signing, symbols and augmented aids is common practice
• High level of personal support and medical care
• High level adaption of the Curriculum for Excellence, designed to meet the unique needs of each individual child as determined by their Individualised Educational Programme, Co-ordinated Support Plan or Integrated Assessment Framework Form 4.