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 things like targeted work, additional support) and letting the Special Education Needs/Disabilities Coordinator know as necessary.
- Writing Pupil Personal Learning Plans (PLP), and sharing and reviewing these with parents once each term and planning for the next term. Personalised teaching and learning for your child as identified within the school’s provision.
- Ensuring that the school’s SEND Policy is followed in their classroom and for all the pupils they teach with any SEND.
The Inclusion Manager (SENDCo) – Mrs D Matthews (NASENCo – National Award for Special Educational Needs Coordinator)
Responsible for:
- Developing and reviewing the school’s SEND policy
- Coordinating 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 in to school to help support your child’s learning e.g. Speech and Language Therapy, Educational Psychology etc.
- Updating the school’s SEND 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 – Mrs A Charlton
Responsible for:
- The day to day management of all aspects of the school, this includes the support for children with SEND.
- The Head Teacher will give responsibility to the SENDCo and class teachers, but is still responsible for ensuring that your child’s needs are met.
- The Head Teacher must make sure that the Governing Board is kept up to date about issues relating to SEND.
The SEND Governor – Mrs G Bramley
Responsible for:
- Making sure that the necessary support is given for any child who attends the school, who has SEND.
School contact telephone number 0191 340 1931
