Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Children/Northumberland-Local-Offer-SEND-0-to-25-years.aspx
SCHOOL NAME: |
Branton Community Primary School and Breamish Valley Community Nursery Admin@branton.northumberland.sch.uk |
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TYPE OF SCHOOL: |
Mainstream |
Primary School |
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Mainstream and Community Powers |
Nursery |
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ACCESSIBILITY: |
Wheelchair access |
Whole site is wheelchair accessible |
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Adult support |
High ratio of staff to pupils |
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Other facilities |
Disabled toilet and changing facilities. |
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CORE OFFER: |
Are you currently able to deliver your core offer consistently over all areas of your school? Yes The Read Write Inc synthetic phonics scheme is used from when children begin to develop their phonic knowledge, so from Reception for as long as the children are working within the range. It may also be used with nursery children if it is felt appropriate. 1-1 sessions are also available as needed. Literacy and Language is used for those children working beyond the RWI range. A variety of maths schemes are used with Abacus used as our main scheme. These are used to tailor our curriculum to the needs of our children. We are also introducing Numicon from the Early Years and have an intervention scheme '1stClass@number' for children needing additional support. School curriculum designed by the local community as a ‘Community Designed School’ initiative, input from children, parents, governors and staff. School site is fully accessible for wheelchairs. |
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POLICIES: |
Are the school policies available on the website for: |
SEN |
Yes |
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SAFEGUARDING |
Yes |
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BEHAVIOUR |
Yes |
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EQUALITY & DIVERSITY |
Yes |
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Are you aware/familiar with the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the Equality Act 2010? |
Yes |
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RANGE OF PROVISION: |
Please indicate what your school has to offer (over and above your core offer) in each of the following areas: |
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Areas of strength Family atmosphere where pupils and parents are well known. Strong community support. Support for children on the autistic spectrum – highly experienced and qualified teaching assistants support children within class. All teaching and support staff have received sensory awareness training.
Two staff members are ‘Team Teach’ trained, and two are MAPA trained |
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Specialist Facilities/Equipment to support SEND Accessible site, large outdoor area, experienced staff and high adult to child ratio. |
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Input from Therapists/Advisory Teachers/other specialist support services We have access to our Local Authority SEND Support Services who provide speech and language, educational psychologists, autism specialists, behaviour specialist and occupational therapists. Access to and support from the school nurse. |
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Breakfast and After School support |
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INLCUSION: |
How do you promote inclusion within the school? Including day and residential trips? Lessons are differentiated by ability and by age. Group work is encouraged to enable pupils to support each other and to work collaboratively. All pupils are included in educational visits as appropriate to their age and relevance to the school curriculum. Areas within school are open and accessed by all. A central shared area can be used by any age group. |
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What proportion of children currently at the school have an SEND? 6.6% (Oct 2018) |
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PARENT SUPPORT INVOLVEMENT/LIAISON: |
How do you involve/support the parents of children/YP with an SEND regarding and meeting their needs. How do you communicate their progress and areas of difficulty? Parents are invited to take part in regular meetings about their children, their needs and their progress, and able to make more formal appointments as necessary. Half termly progress updates are sent home and pupils are given individual short term achievable targets. Early Years and Key Stage One pupils have online learning Journals through TAPESTRY, that parents can access at home. |
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How will school prepare children with SEND to join their next setting/college/stage of education or life?
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OTHER INFORMATION: |
What else do you think parents carers would like to know about your school? There are strong links to farming and agriculture, with regular participation in local shows and rural events. Experienced school team. The school has a large field, wildlife area and access to Branton Ponds with a wide variety of wildlife, flora and fauna. Good use of the outdoor learning environment. |
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COMPLETED BY: (Name and position)
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Zoë Ryan Branton Community Primary School and Breamish Valley Nursery |
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SEND Governor |
Janice Woods |
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DATE UPDATED: |
14th October 2018 |
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NEXT REVIEW DUE: |
14th October 2019 |
SLD - severe learning difficulties
PMLD - profound and multiple learning difficulties
SpLD - specific learning difficulties - affecting one or maore aspects of learning - this includes dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia.
Some Learners require special educational provision because they have a disbility which prevents or hinders them form making use of the educational facilities generally provided.
VI - vision imparement
HI - hearing imparement
MSI - multi sensory imparement
Complaints
If you are unhappy in any way please contact the head teacher in the first instance. After that there is a statutory complaints procedure, the details of which are available on our policies page and from the school.