SEND Information Report

The Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 require the school to publish certain information regarding our provision for pupils with SEN. We hope parents of current and prospective pupils find the following information helpful and we encourage all interested parties to contact the school for more information. This report is a collaborative report put together by the Special Educational Needs Department in School, Pupil School Support Services the Special Educational Needs Governor and the Special Educational Needs Parent group.

Wheelers Lane Primary School is a main stream primary school. The school can meet the needs of children who have a level of Special Educational Needs which fall in the category of SEN Support.

We support children who have needs in the following areas:
Communication and Interaction Cognition and Learning Social,
Emotional and Mental Health Sensory and/or Physical needs.

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Appropriate And
Effective Teaching And learning

A Partnership Approach

Assess - A clear analysis of needs is made by class teachers, teaching assistants, inclusion manager, interventions manager, learning mentors, parents and pupils.
Assessments are made through • Observations and discussions by school staff. • Listening to parents, carers and children. • Information from previous schools or settings • Pupil progress reviews • SEN maths and Literacy tool kit • Language based assessments • School based assessments • Specialised assessments carried out by school support services and SENCO • Information from medical professionals and other outside agencies

Assess - A clear analysis of needs is made by class teachers, teaching assistants, inclusion manager, interventions manager, learning mentors, parents and pupils.

Assessments are made through

• Observations and discussions by school staff.

• Listening to parents, carers and children.

• Information from previous schools or settings

• Pupil progress reviews

• SEN maths and Literacy tool kit

• Language based assessments

• School based assessments

• Specialised assessments carried out by school support services and SENCO

• Information from medical professionals and other outside agencies

Plan
Plan - following assessment, a plan of action is agreed and will include: • Termly outcomes/targets for the pupil • Adjustments, support and interventions to be put in place • A date for review We aim for planning to be pupil centred and outcomes/targets recorded.

Do - all the pupil’s teachers and support staff are made aware of the plan and implement the adjustments, support and interventions.
At Wheelers Lane Primary School teachers are responsible for: • differentiating and personalising the curriculum • delivery of ‘additional and different’ provision for a pupil with SEN linking interventions to classroom teaching • additional and different provision comes in the form of wave 1, Quality First Teaching, wave 2, group targeted support and wave 3, 1:1 specialist support. The interventions at wave 3 are all research based interventions.

Do - all the pupil’s teachers and support staff are made aware of the plan and implement the adjustments, support and interventions.

At Wheelers Lane Primary School teachers are responsible for:

• differentiating and personalising the curriculum

• delivery of ‘additional and different’ provision for a pupil with SEN linking interventions to classroom teaching

• additional and different provision comes in the form of wave 1, Quality First Teaching, wave 2, group targeted support and wave 3, 1:1 specialist support. The interventions at wave 3 are all research based interventions.

Review - the quality, effectiveness and impact of provision is evaluated by the review date
This includes: Using pre and post intervention data e.g. reading ages, standardised scores. School progress data Observations (qualitative data) Transference of skills across the curriculum sharing information with pupil and parent/carers and seeking their views. The cycle then starts again at assess with the updated needs of the pupil being considered before planning a continuation of or change to provision.

Review - the quality, effectiveness and impact of provision is evaluated by the review date

This includes:

Using pre and post intervention data e.g. reading ages, standardised scores.

School progress data

Observations (qualitative data)

Transference of skills across the curriculum
sharing information with pupil and parent/carers and seeking their views.

The cycle then starts again at assess with the updated needs of the pupil being considered
before planning a continuation of or change to provision.

Within school we have a learning mentor.
There are also other outside agencies we involve to support us and the children. These include: • Play Therapy • Educational Psychology Service • Big Community • Cedar Counselling • Braveheart • Spurgeons • Forward thinking Birmingham

We enable pupils with SEN to engage in the activities of the school, together with children who do not have SEN, in the following ways:
• Additional adult support is provided to ensure they can participate in any off site extra-curricular activities. • The School Council has an SEN representative. • SEN pupils are invited to and prioritised for after school clubs and extra tuition.

We currently possess the following equipment and facilities to assist pupils with SEN:
• Disabled parking bays for parents, we have an accessible approach and procedures in place for disabled children to enter and exit the premises. • We have appropriate signage around the school to meet the needs of a range of disabilities. • We have an accessible lift and mobility aids on hand rails and stairs. • Lunch times are inclusive, in that we have accessible canteen facilities which promote independence and children are allowed to sit with their friends, (dinners and sandwiches are not separated). • The outside environment is accessible to all children • Classrooms are fitted with lowered acoustically treated ceilings. • Lighting is of good quality and appropriate for the visually impaired. • Whiteboards/screens are LED screens and backgrounds are adapted to support dyslexic children. • We have group rooms which provide a quiet and undisturbed space for interventions. • We have personal care facilities available if they are needed and appropriate care plans are put in place if they are needed. • We provide a Gross motor group which has specialist equipment to help develop core stability. • Specialist equipment and intervention is also offered to children with fine motor difficulties. The Occupational therapists also support and advise on how to support this area of need.

We currently possess the following equipment and facilities to assist pupils with SEN:

• Disabled parking bays for parents, we have an accessible approach and procedures in place for disabled children to enter and exit the premises.

• We have appropriate signage around the school to meet the needs of a range of disabilities.

• We have an accessible lift and mobility aids on hand rails and stairs.

• Lunch times are inclusive, in that we have accessible canteen facilities which promote independence and children are allowed to sit with their friends, (dinners and sandwiches are not separated).

• The outside environment is accessible to all children

• Classrooms are fitted with lowered acoustically treated ceilings.

• Lighting is of good quality and appropriate for the visually impaired.

• Whiteboards/screens are LED screens and backgrounds are adapted to support dyslexic children.

• We have group rooms which provide a quiet and undisturbed space for interventions.

• We have personal care facilities available if they are needed and appropriate care plans are put in place if they are needed.

• We provide a Gross motor group which has specialist equipment to help develop core stability.

• Specialist equipment and intervention is also offered to children with fine motor difficulties. The Occupational therapists also support and advise on how to support this area of need.

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Wheelers Lane Primary School

Wheelers Lane,

Kings Heath,

Birmingham,

B13 0SF

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Contacts

Office No:- 0121 464-2551

Head: Sara Pecheur

Deputy: Julie Richmond