SEND

Miss Rickerby is our SENDCo in School.

At Carr Hill, children with SEND are supported through an inclusive curriculum that is designed to be accessible to all learners from the outset. High-quality teaching, carefully planned adaptations, early identification of need and a strong culture of inclusion ensure that pupils with SEND can access the full breadth of the curriculum, participate fully in school life and make meaningful progress from their individual starting points.

Inclusion is a core value, not a separate provision!

Our Intent for SEND-Principles and Objectives

We have a responsibility to encourage excellent SEN practice throughout Carr Hill Community Primary School for the benefit of all pupils. To encourage excellent practice, we are committed to the following principles:

• To ensure that all pupils’ needs are identified, assessed and met;
• To ensure all staff are aware of disability equality and support positive outcomes for pupils;
• To provide flexible and sensitive support for pupil learning and cater for pupils’ short and long -term needs;
• To ensure that teaching staff are aware of pupils’ needs and to provide relevant information to inform their planning of classroom experiences;
• To give guidance on appropriate resources to meet the needs of the school and individual pupils;
• To enlist the support of qualified others who will help the school to ensure a high- quality team approach to meeting pupil need;
• To establish a working partnership with parents to support pupil learning and development;
• To provide a framework for the monitoring, and evaluation of policy, practice and provision;
• To support appropriate in-service training for all staff;
• To keep the governing body informed of all aspects of learning support in school.
• The role of the leader is to co-ordinate provision to ensure meaningful learning experiences

We believe at Carr Hill that our ethos should include multiple opportunities to encourage all children to communicate their feelings, empathise with others and to build positive relationships with other children and adults who support them.  Through a nurturing and mutually respectful approach we will guide them to manage strong emotions, understand their own personal safety, make good choices, therefore limiting their vulnerabilities. Through our inclusive provision and flexibility within the school, we are able to address the needs of all children. This will allow them to access all areas of the curriculum in a meaningful way, enabling them to grow as happy, resilient learners.

Our Implementation for SEND 

All staff have a responsibility to ensure the quality of provision for children with SEND.

Children with SEND are taught inclusively alongside their peers within a classroom setting/or nurture class/in-class support from a Teaching Assistant/activities are differentiated for individual needs.

Support Groups are found in all areas of the school in Early Years, Key Stage 1, Lower Key Stage 2 and Upper Key Stage 2.

• Support classes form an integral part of Carr Hill’s inclusive provision. They provide bespoke learning pathways, targeted interventions and high-quality adaptive teaching that enable pupils with SEND to engage fully in learning, develop independence and gain the knowledge, skills and confidence required to participate successfully in school life and the wider curriculum.

Pupils will access Intervention programmes for short periods of time to receive additional support. This will be in either carried out using small groups/pairs/1:1 from TAs.

Intervention Strategies used include:  

• English-phonics, Letters and Sounds mostly in KS1, Writing Support, Speech Com Needs-Talk Boost, Emotional Literacy Programmes E.g. Social Stories, OT-fine motor and gross motor coordination games/skills, Maths basic skills-Numbers Count, Success at Arithmetic and First Class at Number.
• Emotional Programmes include also those most vulnerable e.g. Mosaic, Kalmer Counselling.

We access support from a wide range of professionals; ED PSYCHOLOGY service who also provide training and workshops for staff e.g. Sunshine Circles, Precision Training, reviews are attended to help us support parents, HINT, who give feedback and up-skill staff working with targets for key individuals-Colourful,Semantics, EYIAT for our EY children, SALT, OT, Physio, EMTAS, Primary Behaviour Support and CYPS who we liaise with for those most vulnerable and with additional learning needs.

Assessment and reviews take place regularly-to move forward in their learning- annual reviews for EHCP pupils and all pupils on the SEN register reviewed 2x per year. ILP’s are updated and parents informed.

The Impact of SEND 

Embedded within the ethos of the school, is a high regard for everyone and the need to celebrate success, whatever that may look like. Positive interactions and trust are part of our daily practice. Additionally, children are supported with enrichment opportunities including outdoor activities, community events, trailblazers, designated weekly activities like mental health week, bullying weeks which support and nurture many children who are included on our SEN register. Through early identification of pupils with special educational needs, teachers and the SENDCo consider key information gathered and use these early discussions with close involvement of pupils and their parents. This allows for the implementation of a plan of support and intervention, which will outline the strategies and intervention programmes which help to remove barriers to learning.