Special Educational Needs
Welcome to the Nansen Primary Schools information page for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive school. We are determined that every child has every possible opportunity to succeed. We ensure that children with SEN or disabilities are not treated less favourably than other pupils. An inclusion team strive to give the pupils as much support to ensure they can achieve progress. For different reasons some pupils need extra support to help them achieve their potential.
The admission arrangements for children with Special Educational Needs and disabilities.
The school admission policy is applied to all children with SEND and no child is refused admission on the grounds of SEN, disability or medical conditions. When children start at Nansen Primary School, an induction meeting is arranged where information about the child is shared. This meeting will involve parents/carers and any other professionals who are working with the child. This information will then be shared with school staff. This supports the school to make informed decisions about the nature of the provision required to meet the child’s needs. A phased or amended school day may be offered at the beginning of the induction process.
An accessible school curriculum.
The school curriculum is designed to be inclusive and personalised activities are designed to support the individual needs of children. In line with the SEN Code of Practice the class teacher leads on SEN for their teaching group and will take advice from the Inclusion Leader/SENCo for SEND and Inclusion and from other agencies. There may be some amendments to lesson planning which will consider the individual needs of the child. Support may be offered by the class teacher, by a teaching assistant or by a member of the Inclusion Team. Accessible resources that support individual needs are made available when needed.
Inclusion
A number of pupils will not make as much progress for their age as they need to. Therefore, they need some extra help for a set period of time. There are also pupils who have a specific learning or emotional need. The different kinds of special needs at Nansen Primary School are described here:
Communication and interaction
How your child talks to, listens, responds, plays with and learns with other children and adults.
Cognition and learning
How your child thinks, learns and understands the world.
Children may have a specific learning difficulty such as:
- Dyslexia
- Dyscalculia
- Dyspraxia
Social, emotional and mental health difficulties
How your child shows their feelings, negotiates and solves problems in different situations and how they handle changes in routine.
Sensory and/or physical needs
How your child responds to their environment and learning using their senses and fine/gross motor skills.
Children may also have a disability such as:
- Physical disability
- Visual impairment
- Hearing impairment
- Multi-sensory impairment (Both visual and hearing)
- Dyspraxia
How we identify and support SEN
Staff identify concerns and report these to Mrs Turner, informal observations are then made and pupil and parents voice is gathered. Formal assessments are made half termly where all pupils progress is monitored and ensures any child not making progress is identified. We will further assess the child in more detail, plan how to support them, carry out the support for a period of time and then review how well this has worked. At this point we may involve external agencies. School and parents work together in making an identification and planning next steps to make sure their child has the correct support.
How do we support SEN pupils in school?
- Toolkit trackers to plan appropriate work
- Daily task sheets linked to personalised targets
- Small group interventions
- One to one intervention
- Support from an Adult in class as appropriate
- Access to the school’s specialist Hub, for children with more complex needs
- Mentoring
- Malachi support
- Key workers as needed
- Art Therapy
How can I share a concern about my child?
If you have any concerns regarding your child then please do not hesitate to contact us at school.
In the first instance please speak to your child's class teacher who will support you.
Alternatively please arrange a meeting with the schools SENCo, Mrs Turner by visiting the schools office or emailing school at enquiry@nansen.bham.sch.uk
We pride ourselves on listening to and building positive relationships with our parents/carers.
How we ensure SEN children make progress
At Nansen primary school we track all children's progress termly, in addition to this for children with additional needs we also:
- Set individual targets using the Birmingham toolkit trackers
- Termly pupil progress meetings with class teachers to discuss progress.
- Reviews of School Support Provision Plans (SSPP)
- Reviews of Education, Health and Care plans (EHCP)
Parents are invited to attend termly parents evening and arranged meetings for children that have SSPP’s or EHCP’s.
Nansen Primary School prides themselves on having an open door policy and you are always most welcome to discuss any matters related to SEND. Please call the school office on 0121 389 3787 or send an email to enquiry@nansen.bham.sch.uk.
