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Special Educational Needs Policy

The arrangements for the admission of disabled pupils

Miss Egginton is the Special Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) at Marlborough. Miss Egginton organises support for children from across the school who need extra support with aspects of their learning and development to ensure that pupils with SEN are treated as favourably as other pupils. This work is in addition to the interventions being carried out by teachers and our experienced teaching assistants.

Support can be seen in many forms at Marlborough and may include 1-1 support in class, 1-1 work out of class or small group interventions targeted at children’s individual needs.

Paperwork

Children with additional needs are supported through SEN Support Plans, Individual Health Care Plans or First Concerns Profiles. If this applies to your child, you will have been informed and invited to attend a meeting with the class teacher and sometimes Miss Egginton and/or other staff. Your views are very important to us when creating targets and deciding on provision for your child. If you wish to discuss any of the paperwork please contact your child’s class teacher or Miss Egginton.

Children with the most complex and long term needs may have an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) in addition to an SEN Support Plan.

Working with Parents and Carers

Supporting parents is also very important for us at Marlborough. Miss Egginton will meet with parents of children with additional needs when needed or upon request. You can see Miss Egginton in school, ring the office to request ask a call back or email if you prefer.

 

Useful Information

The purpose of this section of the site is to provide reliable information sources on different Additional Needs. Please also see the video section for some interesting videos about children/young adults with Autism and other special needs.

This list is not exhaustive and the information does not replace professional advice/diagnosis. If you know of any other good quality websites/groups/phone numbers which may be of use to other parents or if you would like information on a specific need to be published then please let Miss Egginton know so that we can add them to our website.

Mental Health – A rising area of need. Sometimes parents are worried about raising concerns about their children’s mental health. At Marlborough, mental and physical conditions are treated with equal importance and we will never judge.

https://youngminds.org.uk/

http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/our_work/mental_health.htm

https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/your-guide-to-support/guide-to-camhs/ information for those who have been referred to CAMHS.

Guidance on self-injury in children – please talk to us if your child displays any self injurious behaviour. We recognise that seeing your child behave in a way that harms them is distressing and we will seek to support you in any way possible.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/self-harm/

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/self-injury/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Hearing impairments

http://www.ndcs.org.uk/ National Deaf Children’s Society.

Speech and Language Needs

http://www.ican.org.uk/ An excellent website, clear explanations and further links, general ideas on helping all children with their communication.
www.afasicengland.org.uk  – Probably best used after a diagnosis by a Speech and Language Therapist.

Dyspraxia

http://dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/

http://www.dystalk.com/

Dyslexia 

http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk

http://www.dystalk.com/

Mobility Difficulties

http://www.lcdisability.org/?lid=17330 Leonard Cheshire Website
http://www.whizz-kidz.org.uk/

https://www.scope.org.uk/

Autism   

Parent to Parent (P2P) is a confidential telephone support service for parents and carers of an adult or child on the autism spectrum (recommended by the NAS) 0808 800 4106.

The Girl with the Curly Hair has a series of books (these are available in school) and also a Facebook page. She focuses on girls and women with Autism.

NAS Recommended Autism Helpline Call 0808 800 4104 – Lines are open 10am-4pm, Monday to Friday (free from landlines and most mobiles.) Give impartial, confidential information, advice and support to people on the autism spectrum, their families, professionals, researchers and student.

www.autism.org.uk Website of the National Autistic Society (NAS)

http://autismteachingstrategies.com/free-social-skills-downloads-2/ Lots of downloadable resources for home and school.

You can also contact CEAT. http://www.autismlinks.co.uk/support-groups/group-support-north-west/ceatcheshireeastautismteam?region=North%20West Ruth Wangermann is our school’s link teacher and visits school regularly.

Sensory Processing Disorder

http://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com/ – this is an area which is being more widely investigated and recognised in children. It can present with Autism or as a stand alone condition.

General Sites  

http://www.cafamily.org.uk/ This site enables parents to contact each other and to get advice from each other on many issues.

http://www.sossen.org.uk/ offer a free, friendly, independent and confidential telephone helpline for parents and others looking for information and advice on Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND).

www.wellatschool.org – A site which provides an overview of a range of medical and mental health conditions.

https://www.gov.uk/children-with-special-educational-needs/overview Government Website for SEN.

https://www.teachervision.com/special-needs Aimed at teachers but may be useful for parents when doing homework etc.

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SEND Information Report

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Ensuring disabled pupils are treated equally

Many of our classes go out on trips during the year. We will always endeavour to make reasonable adjustments to any of our trips so that all children are able to take part. Where a child has 1-1 support in school, they may be supported 1-1 on trips, dependant on their needs. Children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 are given the opportunity to attend a residential visit. Details of these can be found here. If you have any concerns about your child attending then please speak to the trip leader who will be happy to work with you to support your child’s needs.

We also have a lunch time club which a number of children are members of; this is for those children who find an unstructured lunch time difficult or who struggle with social skills, friendships or behaviour at lunch time. This club is free of charge.

A wide range of after-school activities are available. These include sport, art and music clubs as well as booster Maths and English sessions. For the full programme click here. Some of these are free of charge; those run by external providers incur a charge. If your child wishes to attend a club, then this can be arranged by applying for the club as usual and then informing the Class Teacher or SENCo who will liaise with the adult running the club to inform them of how to meet your child’s needs.

 

 

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