Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND)

At Kingsham Primary School, we value every child, ensuring that children are always at the heart of every decision we make. We ensure we support every child to demonstrate our CROWN learning values (Curiosity, Resilience, Open-mindedness, Wow-Improver, No-Limits) and reward children when they do.

Inclusion is part of our whole school ethos and is embedded in all our practices across the school. For pupils with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND), we are committed to providing an excellent curriculum with a range of exciting opportunities that empower and aspire our learners for the future, ensuring the best outcomes for all children. Our staff team provide Quality First Teaching, adapted to meet the needs of all children, so that each child can achieve their potential. In our inclusive learning environment, all children are valued as individuals and encouraged to be themselves. Our learning environment is characterised by a welcoming, warm and inviting atmosphere which ensures children are comfortable and confident to learn and to take risks in their learning. We work with parents and carers to ensure we are partners in our children’s learning and value that essential relationship. This is crucial to address the needs of the whole child, to ensure that we provide excellent support for our children and ensure the best outcomes for all children.

We aim to achieve this for pupils with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities by:

• Valuing each child’s voice by ensuring they feel respected as individuals, are encouraged to be themselves, and understand that diversity is celebrated
• Working collaboratively as a team with school staff, families, external specialist agencies and any other relevant professionals
• Having a clear graduated approach - ‘assess, plan, do, review’ - of the Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) which set aspirational goals based on clear assessments and regular reviews
• Ensuring early identification of children’s strengths and needs with clear starting points so that every child makes progress and achieves standards that reflect their full potential
• Striving for best practice for SEND provision, including beyond the school, to ensure continuous development of Quality First Teaching and adaptive teaching strategies
• Planning careful transitions to best prepare individuals for the future and the next stage of their school career
• Ensuring the school environment is accessible to all and every child has full access to the curriculum and all school activities

Kingsham Primary School recognises the entitlement of all children to a broad and balanced curriculum which is fully inclusive. The Governing Body will ensure that appropriate provision is made for all children with SEND.

If you would like to know more about our SEND provision or have any questions regarding your own child please speak to Mr Ian Williams our Deputy Headteacher and SENDCo.

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