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SEND Provision

At Marfleet Primary Academy we value the achievements and abilities of all our children and celebrate their successes. We strive to provide an inclusive education that not only engages, inspires and motivates children, but develops their skills ready for life beyond primary school. Provision for SEND is regarded as a whole school responsibility and any concern regarding a child should always be discussed with their class teacher in the first instance. The schools Barriers to Success team monitors each child weekly in all aspects of school life, to ensure barriers are identified and early intervention is implemented.

Mrs C Peel is Marfleet Primary Academy’s SENCO (Special Educational Needs Coordinator)

If you have any queries or questions please email us on admin.mar@ebor.academy

 

Children at Marfleet Primary Academy…

‘I like to learn new things. Teachers help me when I struggle. They explain things and show me examples.’

‘My teachers help me during my lessons. In maths, my teachers use whiteboards and help me read maths questions.’

 

Parents at Marfleet Primary Academy…

‘My child is now able to have social chats with other kids, playing with others and even sharing.’

‘Teachers help my child with his struggles and are very patient and understanding. They keep me updated with how he’s doing with school and how I’m able to help at home.’

 

LOCAL AUTHORITY OFFER
In Hull lots of support is available to children with special educational needs and disabilities, and their families.

Whether it relates to education, health, social care or parental support, and regardless of who is providing it, the Hull Local Offer site will aim to point you in the right direction.

Hull’s local offer is available online –

https://hullsendlocaloffer.org.uk/ 

 

Hull SENDIASS
SENDIASS stands for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Service.

This is the SENDIASS service for people living in Hull.

It’s a free, impartial, and confidential service offering information to young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and to their parents and carers.

 

Hull SENDIASS

 

 

DEFINITION OF SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
A child or young person has SEN if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for them. A child of compulsory school age or a young person has a learning difficulty disability if they:

Have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age, or:
Have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age in mainstream schools or mainstream post 16 institutions.

SEND Code of Practice 2014

 

DEFINITION OF A DISABILITY
A physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term effect on the ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

Equality Act of 2010

 

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS FOR WHICH PROVISION IS MADE
Marfleet Primary Academy currently supports children who have a range of special educational needs (SEN).

The SEND Code of Practice 2014 describes the four broad areas of SEN:

Communication and interaction, including speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) and Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC).
Cognition and Learning, including severe learning difficulties (SLD), profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), specific learning difficulties (SpLD), including Dyslexia.
Social, mental and emotional health, including attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as well as other issues that are rooted in mental health.
Sensory and/or physical needs, including a range of physical difficulties (PD) as well as hearing impairment (HI), visual impairment (VI) and multi-sensory impairment (MSI).
The school has direct experience of supporting children with all of the above, with the exception of PMLD, but especially ASC, SLCN, SpLD and PD.

 

IDENTIFICATION & ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN WITH SEN
At Marfleet Primary Academy, we use a graduated response to identifying, assessing and responding to children’s special educational needs, as outlined in the 2014 SEND Code of Practice.

 

INITIAL CONCERNS
The class teacher identifies that a child is not making the expected level of progress and raises an initial concern, which is discussed with the parents, SENCo and any other staff involved in supporting the child’s learning.

The Plan, Do, Assess and Review cycle (as outlined in the 2014 SEND Code of Practice) is then implemented.

Quality teaching and reasonable adjustments will then be implemented and the progress of the child will be carefully monitored, assessed and recorded.

Assessment may be made in a variety of ways:

  • Informal assessment by the class teacher during daily observations and monitoring of progress, plus discussions with the child and parents.
  • Formal assessment, involving highly structured standardised testing where appropriate.
  • Summative assessment to ascertain the level of learning reached.
  • Formative assessment, whereby evidence of progress is used to adapt teaching strategies to meet learning needs.

If after following differentiated teaching strategies and interventions for at least a 6 week period, the child is still not making sufficient progress, the SENCo, in consultation with the class teacher and parents, may decide that the child has a special educational need (SEN).

The child will then be placed on the SEN register and parents informed that special educational provision will be provided to support the child’s individual needs.

 

ADDITIONAL NEEDS
If a child is on the SEN register, they will have a Learning Plan created to monitor progress and attainment. Learning Plans are created in discussion with the child and their parents, and informed by any outside agencies involved, which employ a small-steps approach, feature significantly in the provision that we make in the school for children with SEN. By breaking down attainment into finely graded steps, we can ensure that progress is measurable, and assessment more accurate.

Progress will be assessed and reviewed termly using some, or all of the previously mentioned assessment strategies, as required, along with reports from parents, staff and other outside agencies involved in the care of the child during more formal reviews. Pupil’s views are collected before every meeting to make sure their voice is heard.

If insufficient progress is made and the pupil continues to demonstrate significant cause for concern, the SENCo, in consultation with parents, staff, outside agencies and the Educational Psychologist, will consider making a request for a formal Statutory Assessment.

 

EHCP
It is essential that detailed records of progress and assessment are kept for each child on the SEN register in order to provide evidence for moving forward to formal Statutory Assessment.

The Local Authority will consider the advice and information from all interested parties before assessing and making a decision to put an Education, Health Care Plan (EHCP) in place.

Information from the assessment of the child’s needs is then used to:

  • Establish and record the views, interests and aspirations of the parents and child. Provide a full description of the child’s SEN and any health and social care needs.
  • Establish desired outcomes across education, health and social care needs.
  • Specify the provision required and how education, health and care services will work together to meet the child’s needs and support the achievement of the agreed outcomes.
  • Where a pupil has an EHCP, the Local Authority must review that plan at a minimum of every twelve months.

Progress will be reviewed within school termly, together with the child, parents/carers, and any other professionals or outside agencies involved.

We continue our cycle of Plan, Do, Assess and Review throughout the process.

 

POLICIES FOR MAKING PROVISION FOR PUPILS WITH SEN
The policies outlined in this section apply to all pupils with SEN, whether or not they have EHCP’s.

The school closely monitors the progress of all pupils, including those with special educational needs.

The effectiveness of the provision for these pupils is evaluated by ensuring that they make adequate progress towards the desired outcomes identified for them during the planning process.

Progress is reviewed termly by the class teacher, SENCo and any other staff supporting the child, and will be reviewed more formally, in collaboration with parents, the child and any other outside agencies involved twice annually. If parents are unable to attend review meetings we will attempt to gather parental views in writing.

Pupils who are receiving support that is additional to or different to their peers, due to special educational needs, will be assessed on a termly basis in all their subjects in line with the whole school policy of termly assessment of progress.

In addition, these pupils may be assessed using more detailed testing, to evaluate their level of progress in their specific areas of difficulty.

The approach to teaching pupils with special educational needs will vary, dependent upon the individual needs or preferred learning style of the child.

A variety of extra-curricular activities run throughout the school year, both during lunch times and after school, and pupils with special educational needs are encouraged to participate.

School productions and trips are also fully inclusive of all of our children.

A selection of various interventions/strategies that may be used at Marfleet Primary Academy are:

  • Whole school communication friendly classrooms, including class timetables, Now and Next, and Widgits
  • In class support, where a teaching assistant or teacher may support one or more children to understand the content of the lesson.
  • Small group, where a member of staff may deliver a short term literacy/numeracy programme or other targeted interventions to a small number of pupils, or specific longer term programmes of study which focus on social skills alongside academic progress.
  • One to one, where there may be a targeted intervention to support the child’s individual area of need.
  • Social skills groups or Lego therapy, where appropriate, led by trained teaching assistants within the school.
  • For some pupils, it may be necessary to provide supervision during unstructured times, such as break times and lunch times
  • Participation in the Lexia programme
  • Access to sensory boxes and calm areas
  • Implementation of 5 point scales, emotion aids and Social Stories
  • Pixl therapies

 

CONSULTING PARENTS
Parents/carers are involved at each stage of the Assess, Plan, Do and Review process.

Parents/carers are invited to discuss the needs of their child with the SENCo and/or class teacher at any point during the Assess, Plan, Do and Review process.

This allows parents to share their knowledge about the child and engage in positive discussion from which there will be agreed actions relating to how their child’s needs can best be met.

It is essential that parents/carers have an active role in the planning and decision making regarding their child’s provision.

In addition to this, parents/carers will be kept informed of progress and outcomes as a result of the aforementioned actions in a number of ways:

  • Informal liaison with the class teacher.
  • Parents Evenings when advice and support in helping their child at home can also be given.
  • Formal reviews of progress with the SENCo, class teacher, child, parents and any other outside agencies involved (SEN reviews).
  • During these meetings, parents/carers and professionals are able to contribute towards reviewing the effectiveness of the provision in place for the child and decisions made regarding the next steps.

 

CONSULTING THE CHILD
The child must be at the centre of every stage of the Assess, Plan, Do and Review process wherever possible.

During the initial assessing and planning stage, the child’s wishes and aspirations are taken into consideration along with the outcomes they seek, and the support they need to achieve them.
Where the child is unable to verbally communicate or provide written input, observations of the child may be made in order to gather information regarding their likes/dislikes, interests and difficulties.
The child will be able to discuss their own learning, provision and support in a number of ways:

  • Informally with their class teacher on a regular basis
  • Where appropriate, the child will attend more formal reviews to discuss and contribute to their progress and provision.
  • Where appropriate, the child may contribute to the review by providing written input, such as a ‘Self-Assessment Form’ which can be completed prior to the meeting with the help of a teaching assistant.

 

COMPLAINTS
Complaints about SEN provision within the school are first dealt with by the class teacher during arranged meetings.

Where a satisfactory conclusion cannot be reached, the parent can then make an appointment to see the SENCo/Headteacher during which further information can be exchanged and procedures altered as appropriate.

If a satisfactory conclusion still cannot be reached then the Governing Body must become involved.

The school participates fully if receiving requests for information for tribunals or assisting parents in formulating appeals etc.

SEND complaint-> Teacher-> SENDCO/Head teacher-> Exec Head and LGB

 

INVOLVEMENT OF OTHER AGENCIES
Where a school has concerns that a child may require additional or external support to meet their special educational needs, then a request can be made to the local authority service provider and/or other professional support service, or voluntary organisation.

These may include:

TRANSITION
All children with special educational needs will require support and planning when they transfer between key stages from 0 to 25years of age.

In our school we manage transitions between:

Pre-school – Nursery
Nursery – Foundation
Foundation – Key Stage 1
Key Stage 1 – Key Stage 2
Key Stage 2 – Secondary Education

We also manage transitions to our school from other primary schools and nurseries, and occasionally, transitions from our school to Special Schools, such as Northcott Special School or Tweendykes Special School.

Where a child has a Statement of Special Educational Needs or an Education Health Care Plan, a preference for the follow on educational setting should be made during the Annual Review process the year prior to transition, which in most cases is in Year 5.

All children with a Statement of Special Educational Need or Education Health Care Plan must have their secondary transfer placement confirmed by the 15th February in Year 6.

This enables the local authority to consult and request placements at the preferred school.

It is useful prior to this stage for the parents/carers to visit possible, appropriate schools or academies to help them to make an informed choice.

The SEN Team will administer the process following any request by the parent/carer.

Transition for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities needs to be carefully planned to prevent any unnecessary anxiety for the child or the parents/carers.

Some secondary schools now offer additional visit times and will attend transition meetings in order to assist the process.

Other children may benefit from the implementation of social stories and/or transition booklets, whereby photographs of key areas and people that the child will be coming into contact with, can be taken and put into a book with relevant information.

The book can then be taken with the child over the holidays or the period between transition to their new placement, so that the child can familiarise and prepare themselves for the upcoming changes.

This has proved to be very effective in reducing anxieties and worries for both the child and parents/carers, especially (but not exclusively) where the area of need is ASC.

 

Further information about the school’s SEND Provision is available below.

All Ebor policies can be found here