SEND

Our Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator is Lyndsey Newton and can be contacted via the school office.

At Sir Edmund Hillary Academy our vision is to create a happy, safe, and inclusive learning environment that celebrates diversity and values community. We aim for our children to be courageous, confident, and curious learners who are resilient, hardworking, and achieve their full potential. For those children with additional needs or with a disability, we want them to feel that they are a valued part of our school community and that they belong. We respect that children with SEND may:

• Have different educational and personal needs to their peers
• Need additional or different strategies for learning
• Make progress at different rates and in different ways
• Need a range of adaptive teaching

We aim to remove barriers and encourage all our pupils to achieve to the best of their abilities through quality first teaching in a supportive and caring environment. Where learners require additional to, or different from the universal provision available, we are committed to ensure that the needs of all learners are met.

Following a Graduated Response

SEN support should arise from a four-part cycle, known as the graduated approach.  The four stages of the cycle are:

• Assess
• Plan
• Do
• Review

Teachers are continually assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing their approach to teaching all children. However, where a potential special educational need has been identified, this process becomes increasingly personalised. Through cycles of support, the graduated approach draws on more personalised approaches, more frequent review and more specialist expertise in order to tailor interventions to meet the particular needs of the child. The SEND Code of Practice makes it clear that class teachers are directly responsible and accountable for all children in their class, whatever their needs. The responsibility and accountability for the progress and development of pupils with SEN lies with the class teacher, not with the SENCO.

What do I do if I have any concerns regarding my child?

If you have any concerns regarding your child, the first port of call is your child’s class teacher.

You are also able to speak to Mrs Newton, the SENDCO and can either email or ring the school office requesting this.

For further information regarding SEN support at Sir Edmund Hillary Academy, you may find our school’s SEN policy or Information Report useful. You will also find some support documents below, created by Nottinghamshire County Council for parents.