Special educational needs and disabilities
Bawdsey SEND Policy
SEN information report Bawdsey CEVCP school
Contacts: Headteacher Mrs K Butler
SENCo: Mrs Nancy Darke
Admin@bawdsey.suffolk.sch.uk 01394411365
Staff
Mrs Darke is in charge of monitoring, organising and assessing provision for individual children with special educational needs and disabilities throughout the school. She has an annual budget with which to fund additional equipment, books or staffing.
Admission
Bawdsey CEVCP school is inclusive. All pupils whose parents or carers wish for them to attend are welcome. When children start school with a known disability or condition, or already have an EHP plan in place, the school will be able to get equipment, staffing and processes in place in readiness for their arrival, having liaised with pre-school providers and care agencies.
If a child begins part-way through the school, or there is an undiagnosed disability or condition, extra help and equipment is put in place as soon as possible.
Inclusion
The staff of Bawdsey CEVCP School aim to include every child in every activity, adapting aspects if necessary. All after-school clubs are open to children of all abilities, and trips are carefully risk-assessed and adapted if necessary. Sports and ICT competitions are, however, selective.
Additional help from other agencies
When it is deemed to be necessary, and with the agreement of parents or carers and the pupil, referrals are made to:
Advisory teachers
Speech and language therapy (SALT)
Physiotherapy
Occupational therapy
Behaviour outreach services
Dyslexia outreach services
Educational psychology
Child Mental health services
Team around the child (TAC)
Additional support for learning in school
Pupils with additional needs can be supported with differentiated tasks or with additional adult help within the classroom. There are some schemes, book-based or computer-based which can be used to support children who are not making the required progress in maths, writing or reading. These usually involve the child working 1:1 with a teaching assistant for 10 minutes a day. Teachers and teaching assistants also work with small groups outside the classroom to boost understanding in specific areas.
Additional support for emotional, mental and social needs is provided by the availability of adults (pupils are reminded often to talk to adults in school about problems), the school buddy system and the school ethos of supporting one another.
Transfer from pre-school and to high school
Our aim is to make these times of transition as smooth as possible, and so Mrs Feakes liaises with pre-school providers. Children have visits with and without their parents in the term before they start school.
Liaison with the high school is thorough. All pupils have plenty of visits, and pupils with additional needs are offered extra visits. Mr Duncan also speaks with the high school SEN department about pupils on our SEN register.
Working with pupils and parents
Staff are approachable, and parents are invited to make an appointment for a chat when they have concerns about their child's well-being or progress. If staff and parents are concerned, additional help can be put in place and monitored carefully. A pupil passport is used for the children and parents to put forward their views. This should then be reviewed at least twice a year.
Accessibility
The school grounds and buildings are all on one level, and there are 2 entrances which have ramp access to the doors. There is also one toilet suitable for wheelchair users, and a shower.
Adaptations are made when necessary to the learning environment for individual children, with the use of large computer keyboards, pencil grips, writing slopes, coloured paper, etc.