Special Needs Offer

Ullswater Community College Sen policy/information report

Accesibility plan

Special Education Needs Offer

Index 1

Making the Move

2

Identifying My Child’s Needs

3

What we can do to support SEN students with a lower level of need.

4

What we can do with a plan in place.

5 Activities.

6

Severe Leaning Difficulties

7

Hear from a parent..

A helpful guide on making the move to UCC If your child has SEN at SEN Support level;

• The SENCO from your child’s primary school should pass information on directly to our SENCO, Mrs Ellery, so that we have the most up to date information.

• You can also contact Mrs Ellery directly at DEllery@ullswatercc.co.uk

If your child has an Education, Health & Care plan or statement of SEN;

• Make sure your primary school invites our SENCO to your annual review in Year 5.

• The school can then begin to prepare for your child’s arrival at UCC. • In Year 6 a unique plan will be put in place to cater for the needs of your child.

• We would like to work closely with yourselvses and other agencies if necessary to ensure your child gets the best education possible.

Identfying your child’s needs..

We will work with information proided by the primary school, parents and other professionals on entry.

Spelling and reading tests in year 7 & 8.

Year 7 cognitive ability tests (CATS)

Ongoing classroom observations

HOY/SENCO monitoring

There are many points at which we will be able to assess your child’s needs.

If you are concerned that your child may require extra help, please do not hesitate to speak to a Further testing during year 9 for identified students.

Head of Year, Form Tutor or SENCO. Here is a general guideline to when we assess your child.

Regular Analysis of progress Data

What we can do to support SEN students with a lower level of need..

1. Your child will have a personalised SEN

support plan.

• All Staff will have access to this.

• It is ammended annually - and whenever required.

• In year 9 we allocate each SEN student a mentor to see them through KS3.

3. We may need to carry out an SEND

Early Help Assessment & request help

from an Educational Psychologist, specialist teacher, speech therapist, inclusion specialist or whichever professional service would best serve their needs.

2. Your child may have a short term in-

tervention.

• In class • Out of class - either arranged by the departments or the learning support department.

• As part of a specialist programme.

We work with a wide range of external professional agencies to meet the needs of every student.

What we can do if your child has a statement of SEN or education, health and care plan..

Your child will have access to the provision available to non - EHCP students.

Provision will be planned carefully with yourselves, your child and any other professional involved with their care.

We operate a team around the child approach - and your child will have a dedicated team of learning support assistants who work togeter and alongside teachers to ensure that your child’s needs are met.

We aim to be as inclusive as In addition to what is already available possible at KS3; we offer;

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Horse Riding

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Speech Therapy

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Swimming

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Sensory Sessions

And many more activities

We continue to involve students as much as possible throughout KS4 through a carefully designed curriculum aimed to meet the needs of all students.

Arrange a viewing well in advance.

You will need to carefully consider the type of provision you want for your child.

Arrange a tour of our facilities with Mrs Ellery or Mrs Ridley.

Specialist Provisions for Severe Learning Difficulties.

Hear from a parent

Jill has a daughter, Megan, in Year 8 who is Visually Impaired. The transition process started for Megan in Year 5, when her Primary School invited Mrs Ellery, the SENCO to a review meeting. By working together with Jill, Megan and Primary school staff we were able to plan for her transition to Secondary school in a personalised way. Over the course of this year, we will be working with Jill and Megan to ensure that her transition into Key Stage 4 goes well.

Jill has the following advice for making the move to UCC: • do your research about the schools that you are thinking about sending your child to • don’t be afraid to ask questions • visit the school and meet the SENCO • make sure that the Primary SENCO invites the Secondary SENCO to the Annual Review in Year 5 • take up the various opportunities to visit the school so that you see it a number of times • talk to other parents • when your child starts school, if you aren’t happy, contact them straight away so things can get sorted immediately • attend all meetings at school so that you have have your say - school will listen • listen to the advice that school and other specialists give • sometimes meetings can be quite large -take someone with you to support you • occasionally you might feel you need an extra smaller meeting -just ask.