The class teacher
Responsible for:
- Checking on the progress of your child and identifying, planning and delivering any additional help your child may need (this could be targeted work or additional support) and letting the Special Education Needs/Disabilities Co-ordinator (SENDCo) know as necessary.
- Evaluating Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and writing new targets that form the basis of the ‘Plan, Do’ Review’/Cycle documentation and with the support of the (SENDCo) sharing and reviewing these with parents at least once each term and planning for the next term.
- Personalised teaching and learning for your child as identified on the child’s graduated approach
- Ensuring that the school’s SEND Policy is followed.
The SENDCo: Mrs E Turley
Responsible for:
- Working with the Trust to develop and review the school’s SEN policy.
- Co-ordinating all the support for children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND)
- Ensuring that you are
i) involved in supporting your child’s learning
ii) kept informed about the support your child is getting
iii) involved in reviewing how they are doing.
- Liaising with all the other people who may be coming into school to help support your child’s learning, e.g. Speech and Language Therapy, Educational Psychology.
- Updating the school’s SEN register (a system for ensuring that all the SEND needs of pupils in this school are known) and making sure that records of your child’s progress and needs are kept.
- Providing specialist support for teachers and support staff in the school, so that they can help children with SEND in the school to achieve the best progress possible.
The Head teacher: Mr E Whitehead
Responsible for:
- The day-to-day management of all aspects of the school; including the support for children with SEND.
- The Head teacher will give responsibility to the SENCo and class teachers, but is still responsible for ensuring that your child’s needs are met.
- The Head teacher must make sure that the ACG is kept up to date about issues relating to SEND.