
How we support children and families with SEND
Our job at Rodborough Community Primary is to help your child achieve the very best they can throughout their time here. In our school, all children are equally valued. Through our whole school vision and values, policies, practice and provision we strive to develop an environment where all children flourish and feel safe.
Within school we aim to provide teaching and learning experiences that enable all children to access a broad, balanced and appropriately differentiated curriculum. We believe that educational inclusion is for all and endeavour to create equal opportunities for all learners, irrespective of age, gender, ethnicity, impairment, attainment and background.
Whilst your child is at school it may be that you or your child’s teacher feels they may need some additional help or support. For some children this may be short term or informal support such as regular check ins from the teacher, signposting of resources or small learning adaptions. For other children this may be a formalized process where they are placed on the SEN register and receive bespoke adaptions through interventions, supportive resources, environment adaptions and differentiated tasks. Sometimes this may also involve referring to additional agencies and following guidance and suggestions within their reports. This will always be discussed and shared with parents throughout.
Who might help my child?
At Rodborough Community Primary School, we have a wonderful team of dedicated and experienced staff who support children with Special Educational Needs. Day to day this includes:
- SENCO
- Members of the Senior Leadership team
- Class Teachers
- Teaching Assistants
- Lunchtime Playworkers
We recognise that quality first teaching is of paramount importance to ensuring the best possible outcomes for pupils with SEND. We also have a range of specific interventions designed to meet the differing needs of pupils. Pupil progress is tracked and evaluated regularly as part of an ‘assess, plan, do review’ cycle.
At Rodborough Community Primary School, we recognise that children’s needs are most effectively met by working in collaboration with parents to secure the best outcomes for their child. This takes many forms. For example, individual review meetings, My Plan meetings, multi-agency meetings (TAC/TAF), or simply a quick telephone call or email.
In the first instance, if you have any questions about your child’s progress or needs then you should speak to your child’s class teacher. Following this, it may be appropriate to also arrange a meeting with the school SENCO which can be arranged via admin@rodborough.gloucs.sch.uk for the attention of the SENCO.
In some cases, it may be necessary to increase or change the level of support for your child to help them make progress. We are fortunate to have excellent relationships with many external agencies who can feed into further support for your child. This includes (but is not limited to):
· Advisory teachers service
· Educational psychologists
· Occupational therapist
· Speech and language therapist
· Play therapists, therapeutic animal interventions, sand therapists.
· Early Help and Inclusion
· Mentoring services
· School nurse
· Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
· Children’s social communication and autism assessment team (SCAAS)
· Community pediatrics
Gifted and Talented SEN
Within school it is important to recognise the talents and skills of all children, including those with SEN. Recognising and encouraging gifts, talents and interests of pupils with SEN, whilst also supporting them in overcoming any potential barriers helps to improve their resilience and increase their opportunities to experience success. Through providing pupils with the opportunity to develop their strengths it helps to develop a positive image of who they are and a vision of who they might become.
We aim to achieve this by:
- Developing joint programmes of provision between home, school and the pupil which identify targets relating to both areas of need and stretching talents and skills.
- Celebrating pupil’s success both in and outside of school.
- Creating a safe and supportive environment which encourages children to develop their resilience and self-confidence.
- Open door policy between school and home when discussing ways to best support and stretch pupils with SEN.
Our SEND Policy is on the policies page of our website.
Current SEN overview within Rodborough
Attendance
Whole school: 94.1%
Pupils with SEN: 92.1%
Strengths QAR report February 2024 - We were awarded a developing area of excellence for planning and provision for pupils with SEN. |
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Ofsted report 2022-2023 Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive the support they need to learn the curriculum successfully. |