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Our SEN Department supports students in school with a wide range of needs such as:
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) including Asperger’s Syndrome
- ADD
- ADHD
- Dyslexia
- Dyspraxia
- Dyscalculia
- Emotional, social and mental health needs
- Moderate hearing Impairments
- Learning difficulties
- Speech, language & communication needs
We effectively fill the ‘Learning Gap’ by providing timely personalised interventions; we deploy a range of strategies and varying levels of interventions dependent upon individual need such as:
- Quality First Teaching
- Educational Teaching Assistant support and guidance
- Peer support
- Access to additional ICT resource
- Scaffolding/extra time for tasks
- Extra numeracy/literacy help
- Learning project access
- Nurture group place
- BEYOND access (listening service)
- Examination access arrangement testing
- Advice through school nursing service
- Dyslexia & Dyscalculia Screening
- Life Skills
- Corrective Reading
- High quality Classroom Support
- Reading Age Assessment
- Cognitive Testing
Teaching assistants make a strong contribution to pupils’ learning. They support pupils with a range of abilities and have the subject knowledge they need to answer questions and intervene promptly when pupils are struggling with their work
Outside agency support:
- Educational psychologist
- Children’s Emotional Wellbeing Service (CHEWS)
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
- Hearing impaired service
- Social services
- Speech & Language Outreach Service
- Autism Outreach Service
There is a clear ethos about the school that sets the safety of pupils as a high priority. Staff are vigilant and leaders work closely with external agencies in the community to ensure that appropriate action is being taken to keep the most vulnerable pupils safe