SEND Information Report

SEND Information Report – December 2020

Abbreviations: SEND: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities SENDco: Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator ASC: Autistic Spectrum Condition TASC: Team for Autism and Social Communication A copy of the SEND policy is also available on the website stating the schools philosophy on SEND in more detail. The schools 'Local Offer' is also available to read which states what we offer as a school.

The kinds of special educational needs for which provision is made at Shawclough: Shawclough is an inclusive school welcoming all children. We recognise that some children face certain barriers to learning. Our aim is to quickly identify such barriers children may face and provide an inclusive environment where children succeed.

Shawclough provides provision for children with a range of needs including: •

Cognition and Learning (e.g. dyslexia)

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Physical and Sensory (e.g. hearing impairments)

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Communication and Interaction ( e.g. Autistic Spectrum Condition)

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Social, Emotional and Mental Health (e.g. ADHD)

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Health (e.g. medical conditions)

To enable school to effectively meet the needs of children with SEND Shawclough have...

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A part time SENDco employed to co-ordinate SEND throughout our mainstream school. Our SENDco, Johanna Chamberlain, has 23 year’s teaching experience including teaching children with SEND. She has completed a SENDco course plus many other courses related to the role of SENDco.

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Our ASC Rainbow Unit SENDco and manager, Charlotte Keegan, has completed the National Award in SEND Co-ordination, Post Graduate Certificate in Inclusive Education (working towards a Masters degree in Autistic Spectrum Conditions) and is an experienced class teacher. She also has received local authority accreditation as an ‘Autism Champion’.

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A team of teaching assistants are trained to deliver high quality interventions e.g. reading interventions

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Our ‘Woodland’ Room is managed by our learning mentor/family worker, Beverly Sharp, who has over 15 year’s experience working with children with SEND and Autistic Spectrum Conditions.

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Our deputy head teachers, Vicky Rayment and Paula Wilson have completed a dyslexia course with Rochdale’s Educational Psychology Service in 2018.

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School work very closely with outside agencies including Healthy Young Minds (formally CAMHS), Rochdale Additional Needs Service (RANS), Educational Psychology Service, Speech and Language Therapy Service, Occupational Therapy Service, The Behaviour Team (Fair Access Team) and the School Nurses.

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School will make reasonable adjustments to support children accessing the environment. This includes stair lifts to ensure children with specific disabilities are able to access the school environment appropriately.

How we identify individual special educational needs: •

When pupils have already been identified as having SEND before they come to Shawclough, we work alongside the people who already know them and use the information already available to help identify what their SEND will be at our school setting.

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If you tell us you think your child has SEND we will discuss this with you and check it out. We will share with you what we find and agree what our next steps will be.

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If our staff think that your child has a SEND this may be because they are not making the same progress as other pupils or may be struggling to follow instructions for example. We will carry out observations and assessments and decide on appropriate actions/interventions.

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Our aim is to involve parents every step of the way to ensure we work together to effectively meet the needs of the child.

How we involve pupils and their parents in identifying SEND and meeting the child's needs: •

We are child and family centred, so any decisions made will be done together.

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We will also take into account any issues your child may have at home and aim to work together to ensure we are all helping your child in the same way.

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We create a ‘Provison Map’ for your child (see SEND policy). This will state the area of difficulty/SEND your child has and what exactly we are putting in place to support your child. Your child's ‘Provision Map’ will be shared during parents evening and will be reviewed termly.

How we adapt the curriculum/teaching approaches to meet the needs of children with SEND: •

Shawclough are keen to provide an inclusive learning environment. We adapt our teaching approaches in order to meet the needs of all children.

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All staff are trained to adapt lessons and use resources to meet the needs of all children to ensure every child is able to learn at their own level.

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We may use additional materials/resources to ensure children with SEND are working at the right level. Examples include access to a computer/laptop/I Pad to help with written work; teaching assistant support within the class; allow extra time for completion and voice recorders to support with written work. We also

ability group in Maths and English. Phases 2 and 3 have an additional teacher employed within the phases to provide additional support for specific groups of children (e.g. SATS support in year 6).

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We are highly trained in a number of interventions used for children with SEND. Examples of these include Precision Teaching, Read Write Inc 1:1, Reading Intervention, Direct Phonics, SULP.

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We will seek advice from other members of staff and may also go to other agencies for further advice (e.g. RANS TASC team).

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Teachers may use a variety of resources to support teaching and learning, for example Numicon (Maths), interactive whiteboard, whiteboards, netbooks, individual work stations, visual timetables.

Complaints procedure We aim to resolve complaints as quickly as we possibly through talking and working together.

The complaints procedure is as follows: •

The complaint is dealt with the class teacher.

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If the complaint is not resolved then the complaint will be dealt with the SENDco or a member of the senior management team.

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If there is still no resolution the head teacher should become actively involved.

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In the unlikely event of the matter still being unable to be resolved then the complainant must put their complaint in writing to the Chair of Governors who will follow complaint procedures to help resolve the issue.

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Following this a complaint can be made to the Local Authority.

Contact details for parents (Please also see Rochdale’s Local offer: http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/schools-and-education/special-educational-needs/ Pages/send---the-local-offer.aspx ) SENDco ASC Rainbow Unit: Charlotte Keegan CKeegan@shawclough.rochdale.sch.uk 01706 647991 SENDco Mainstream School: Johanna Chamberlain jchamberlain@shawclough.rochdale.sch.uk 01706 647991

Parent Partnership Service, Rochdale Family Action, 25 Lingmell Close, Middleton, Greater Manchester, M24 4HS 0161 653 4461 parent.partnership@family-action.org.uk Children aged 0-5 Area SENCO Team - Early Years, 4th Floor, Number One Riverside, Smith Street, Rochdale, OL16 1XU 01706 926400 Educational Health CareTeam (EHC team) Rochdale Borough Council, 4th Floor, Number One Riverside, Smith Street, Rochdale OL16 1XU 01706 925981 sen@rochdale.gov.uk Rochdale Additional Needs Service RANS Leadership Team, 4th Floor, Number One Riverside, Smith Street, Rochdale, OL16 1XU 01706 926400 rans@rochdale.gov.uk Children with Disabilities Team Children with Disabilities Team, 4th Floor, Number One Riverside, Smith Street, Rochdale, OL16 1XU 01706 925900 cwd@rochdale.gov.uk Educational Psychologists Rochdale Educational Psychology Service, 4th Floor, Number One Riverside, Smith Street, Rochdale OL16 1XU 01706 926400 educational.psychologyservice@rochdale.gov.uk

Healthy Young Minds (Formally CAMHS) Birch Hill Hospital, Birch Road, Rochdale, OL12 9QB 01706 676000 healthyyoungmindspennine.nhs.uk/

Social Care Number One Riverside, Floor 4, Smith Street, Rochdale, OL16 1XU 0300 303 0440 0300 303 8875 (out of hours) 999 (emergency calls) ehash@rochdale.gov.uk