SEND

At our last Ofsted inspection, Alexandra was found to be a good school. We are now working hard to build on our strengths, moving forward  to becoming outstanding.

During the summer term before children start at the school, we invite all the parent/carers in to the school to meet their child’s class teacher.  We ask parents to let us know if their child has a disability or they feel their child has any special educational needs so that we can discuss this and make sure the right support is in place for every child when they start.

If a child has special educational needs it is very important that they get the help they need as soon as possible.  In order to make sure that any special needs not known about before starting the school are picked up early, all pupils are assessed during their first term at the school.

We encourage the children themselves to contribute through our ‘About Me’ work in the first term.

Our regular assessment and monitoring procedures continue throughout the children’s time at school ensure that all children continue to make good progress. We hold termly Pupil Progress Review meetings to discuss each child and their next steps.  The Special Needs Coordinator (SENCo) meets the Class teachers informally and formally each half term to discuss any needs that may have arisen.

We work hard to maintain good home/school links and parents are always welcome to speak to us if they have any concerns.

Alexandra has developed a wide range of ways in which we support children with different special educational needs or disabilities.

This is how we plan support:

• First we identify what the particular need is, through observation and discussion. We work closely with the family through this stage and of course beyond.

We agree a programme of support that is carefully targeted on the particular area or difficulty. This describes what we will do to support a child and what we hope the support to achieve.

• To see whether the support is helping we set a time-frame and we review how things are going each term.

Everything is written down in an Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP Plan ) for each child with special educational needs. This is reviewed each term with parents, teachers, SENCo and the child themselves if they are old enough. The target for the following term is also discussed and planned then.