Barnwood Park Arts College

How  will  our  school  teach  and  support  children  with  SEN?

Children without  an  Education,  Health  and  Care  Plan  (EHCP)

We  are  a  fully  inclusive  school  and  believe  that  all  students  make  good  progress  through  high  quality  differentiated  teaching.    We  offer  a  broad  curriculum  for  all  students  and  carefully  support  students  to  select  pathways  that  are  best  suited  to  them  in  Key  Stage  4.    In  year  9  we  provide  advice  and  guidance  for  all  students,  particularly  those  with  SEN  with  their  chosen  KS4  pathway.They  are then  supported  with  their  post  16  applications.

Our  learning  environment  is  fully  inclusive  to  meet  the  needs  of  our  students.    We  encourage  the  use  of  new  technology  to  support  learning  and  where  possible  we  provide  assistive  technology  for  students  whohaveliteracy  needs  or  who  have  dyslexic  tendencies.  Other  assistive  technology  is  used  for  students  with  physical  disabilities  as  advisedby  external  professionals.

To  support  the  progress  of  students  with  SEN,  we  have  a  team  of  Higher  Level  Teaching  assistants,  Teaching  Assistants  and  Student  Support  Mentors  who  are  deployed  to  meet  the  needs  of  students  who  need  additional  support  in  order  for  them  to  make  expected  progress,  or  to  support  classes  so  that  class  Teachers  can  provide  1  to  1  support  and  intervention  in  the  classroom. This  team  of  support  staff  are  trained  to  run  short-­‐term  targeted  programmes  in  specific  areas  such  as  Speech  Language  and  Communication,  Communication  and  Interaction  or  Cognition  and  Learning.  Others  provide  'pre-­‐teach’  classes  to  those  who  do  not  do  a  modern  foreign  language.  Small  groups  at  Key  Stage  4  receive  curriculum  support  which  is  run  by subject teachers  in  Maths,  English,  Science or Art.

For  children  with  an  EHCP

For  children  with  an  EHCP we  work  in  close  collaboration  with  external  agencies  to  follow  the  advice  in  order  to  meet  the  outcomes  detailed  in  the  plan  for  the  young  person.  Support  and  interventions  are  regularly  reviewed  to  ensure  they  are  facilitating  progress  across  the  curriculum  and  preparing  our  students  for  post  16  education  and  adult life.