Special Educational Needs

Special Educational Needs and Disability

 

Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENDCo)

• L. Franks
• Tel: 0151 330 5140
• E: office-p@newheights.liverpool.sch.uk

Assessment

All students are assessed upon entry to New Heights Primary School to ensure we provide appropriate targeted support. We use:

• Transition data and information
• GL Maths assessments
• GL English assessments
• Salford reading and comprehension tests
• Thrive assessments
• Half termly teacher assessments

If necessary the following further assessments are used:

• SNAP Specific Learning Difficulties assessment
• SNAP Behaviour assessment
• Pearson’s Dyslexia screening tool
• SENISS assessments
• Educational Psychology assessments

 

SEND Provision 2020/21

Wave 1: Effective inclusion of all pupils in high quality lessons.

We deliver ‘Quality First Teaching’ through differentiation, personalisation and targeted challenge.

All lessons are differentiated to cater for individual needs and learning styles.

Staff use ‘Pupil profiles’ to personalise lessons for SEND students

We differentiate in the following ways:

• By providing small, highly supervised classes ( 8:2 ratio)
• By content – adapting what students learn and how they gain access to knowledge, skills and understanding
• By task- allocate different tasks to achieve the same goal
• By outcome – what is the child expected to produce?
• By learning needs – Visual, aural, kinaesthetic approaches
• By time – time allocated for task adjusted to meet the need
• By scaffolding – writing frames, word lists, visual aids e.g visual timetables
• By resources – accessible, appropriate and supportive.
• By technology and aids – use of ICT, overlays and writing ramps to ensure accessibility
• By peer group support – buddies, group work, peer tutoring
• By feedback ‘Work Improvement Time’ in lessons to give individual feedback and set individualised goals and targets based on assessment findings.
• By teaching strategy – focus on the vital role that teacher’s play in facilitating learning and removing the barriers to learning

Students are further universally supported through:

• A dedicated class teacher and TA.
• Weekly parental updates on behaviour and progress.
• Daily Thrive and ROAR activities.
• Individual and House points reward system.
• Reward/Well-being Clubs