Special Educational Needs

SPECIAL CURRICULUM PROVISION

The School provides assistance for those pupils with specific learning needs.  These children are identified at an early stage and, where appropriate, are given specific help.  The Area Support Teacher visits the School on a regular basis and gives individual assistance.  Suitable programmes of work are developed for these children, followed and monitored by the class teacher, with individual help also given from a Learning Support Assistant. 

Our school recognises the definition of special educational needs in the Code of Practice for Special Educational Needs (DfES 2001).  Provision for each child will match their special educational need.  Ongoing school assessment may indicate evidence of individual special educational need and provision will be made for this need in a School Action Plan.  If a child then continues to make little or no progress in specific areas over a long period, a School Action Plus Plan would be implemented.

Parents are involved and informed at all stages.  Mrs A Simpson is the nominated SEN Co-ordinator and the Headteacher has overall responsibility for SEN.  The School's Special Educational Needs Policy is available on request.  Gifted, Able and Talented children are also identified and their needs addressed.  Challenge groups are run on a regular basis.