SEND and Inclusion
Our aim is to bring the best out of every pupil that attends Holme CofE Primary Academy
SENCo - Mrs Rachael Weeks (rweeks@holme.camb.sch.uk)
Challenge and Inclusion Teaching Assistant - Mrs Kay Dee
Holme Church of England Primary Academy is committed to ensuring it consistently maximises and improves its outcomes for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in line with the latest guidance for delivering excellence within the 0-25 SEND Code of Practice.
This work ensures that our provision consistently meets and often exceeds the requirements on teaching, curriculum and wider policies.
This section contains information about our philosophy for doing this, along with details of our core and local offers, delivered through working in close partnership with our parents and local Education, Health & Care providers.
Our SEND Mission Statement (which can be viewed on the right) outlines our philosophy for supporting children with SEND. Our SEND Policy sets out the procedures for SEND at Holme Church of England Primary Academy and the SEND Information Report details how we implement the SEND Policy at Holme Church of England Primary Academy.
Local Offer:
Parents/Carers are able to find out more information about Special Educational Needs and Disabilities at Cambridgeshire’s The Local Offer. The local offer is a 'front door' to information from education, health and social care about the provision that is available for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families.
What does the local offer cover?
The local offer will include information about health and social care services, education, leisure activities and support groups in the area for children and young people aged 0 – 25 with SEND and their families.
There will be information about:
- Services and support available
- How children and young people’s needs are identified and assessed
- The way schools, colleges and maintained nurseries support children and young people with SEND
- How to access services and how decisions are made
- Preparation for adulthood and independence
- Arrangements for making a complaint and mediation
- How to comment on the local offer
The Department for Education’s draft SEN Code of Practice and regulations outlines the range of information to be included in the local offer.
SEND mission statement
"The things that make me different are the things that make me.’
A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
At Holme Church of England Primary Academy, our mission is to support all children to achieve the best possible educational and wider outcomes so that they can reach their aspirations and make a successful transition into adulthood.
All staff at Holme Primary are united in our belief that in order to achieve this, we must endeavour to remove any barriers to learning so that every child can access their learning and make progress.
We also value the importance of ensuring that all children with SEND develop as much independence as possible in order to support their development, confidence, resilience and ability to self-scaffold.
This involves high quality teaching and provision that is differentiated and personalised and will meet the needs of the individual. From early identification, children with SEND will receive high quality teaching, support strategies and interventions tailored to their individual needs, which will enable them to achieve their full potential.
We recognise that every teacher is responsible and accountable for all children in their class wherever or with whomever the children are working and fully agree that:
‘High quality teaching that is differentiated and personalised will meet the individual needs of the majority of children and young people. Some... need educational provision that is additional or different from this... Special educational provision is underpinned by high quality teaching and is compromised by anything less.’
SEN Code of Practice, 2014 (p.25)
We also recognise there may be occasions where, having made all possible reasonable adjustments, it is evident that the needs of a particular child simply cannot be met within our inclusive environment. In such a situation, the child's needs will always come first and we will work closely with our partners to proactively source the very best educational provision for the needs of the individual concerned.
USEFUL INFORMATION FOR PARENT/CARERS