Christ the King Catholic Primary School
SEND Information Report 2021-22
Christ the King Catholic Primary School is an inclusive school where teaching and learning, achievements, attitudes and the well-being of each and every child matters. Our Catholic school, the Church and the Community, inspired by the teaching of Jesus Christ, feel a special responsibility to those children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We offer a range of provision to support children with SEND in order to ensure that all pupils, regardless of their specific needs, make the best possible progress in school. In reference to the ladder of engagement, stakeholders and strategic groups are consulted when developments are made in SEND.
This information report gives an overview of the provision your child will receive at Christ the King. If you have any questions about the content of this report please contact the school SENDCo (Mrs Moloney) who will be happy to answer any of your questions. The Link Governor for SEND is Cath Madden.
Q1 What is a SEND Information Report?
Legislative changes in the Children and Families Act (2014) require schools to publish information about how they support children with Special Educational Need or Disability (SEND) in their school. The aim is to ensure that, where possible, all pupils will have their needs met in a mainstream school with access to the right resources, professional experts and high quality teaching. However for some children and young people a mainstream setting will not be the right place so that they can get the best provision to meet their needs. Children, young people and their families are more involved in decisions about the support they receive. Education, Health and Care Plans are developed to support children who have very significant and complex additional needs. All pupils are entitled to an equality of opportunity and to a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum, appropriate to their individual needs, talents and personal qualities, as stated in the 2010 Equality Act.
Further, more detailed information on what our school provides is detailed in our SEND policy. Click below
send-policy-2021-22.pdf (primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com)
Q2 What is SEND?
The Code of Practice defines SEND as:
“A child or young person has SEND if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for them.
A child of compulsory school age or a young person has a learning difficulty or disability if they:
Q5 What should you do if you think your child has SEND?
At our school, we pride ourselves on building positive relationships with parents and carers. In the first instance, please talk to your child’s class teacher to raise concerns. At Christ the King Catholic Primary School the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENDCo) is Mrs Moloney. She works with children, parents/carers, school staff and outside agencies to ensure that all our pupils special educational needs are met.
Should you have any concerns about special educational needs you can contact Mrs Moloney through the school office on 0121 464 9800 or email enquiry@christkng.bham.sch.uk
Q6 How will the school support children with SEND?
We follow the graduated response as outlined in the Code of Practice (2015). This follows an Assess, Plan, Do, Review cycle. Children with SEND have an individual pupil profile with targets set to meet their educational needs. Children will receive additional support. This is reviewed termly. The advice of outside agencies may be involved in the formulation and review of their pupil profile. Those with lots of involvement of outside agencies may require a support plan. Those with the most complex needs may have an EHC plan (assigned by SENAR).
All our teachers adapt their teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils in their class alongside rigorous and accurate assessment procedures. If they have concerns over a child’s progress they will talk to the parents regarding the need to provide specific high quality teaching to target the barrier to learning. This may be done within a small group inside the classroom or in a quieter room outside. Sometimes the class teaching assistant may provide this support under the guidance of the class teacher.
If progress is still a concern the class teacher will discuss with you their decision to involve the school’s SENDCo. The SENDCo oversees all support and progress of any child requiring support across school. Additional support may be provided by the class teacher through the use of targeted intervention. Termly meetings will be arranged to discuss and review progress towards the identified barrier to learning. Sometimes additional meetings will also be arranged if needed. The school will need to ask your permission to involve external agencies so that a more specialist provision may be provided including specialist interventions, dependent on children’s individual needs. Under the Equality Act, schools are required to make sure that all reasonable adjustments are made to ensure equality of access to our services for pupils with SEND. See Accessibility plan. Click below
Q7 What outside agencies help provide additional support for those with SEND?
The school works closely with external agencies (both in school and outside of school) to support staff training and to work with pupils in class/ withdrawal groups. These agencies currently include:
We will always ask for your permission when we think an outside agency would support your child’s needs. We will ensure that you receive feedback about your child from the professional who has been working with them or from us.
Q8 What is the EHC process?
The school (or parents themselves) can request that the Local Authority SENAR Team carry out a statutory assessment of your child’s needs. This is a legal process which sets out the amount of support that will be provided for your child.
After the request has been made to the ‘Panel of Professionals’ with a lot of evidence of at least three ‘plan, do, review’ cycles (three terms), they will then decide whether they think your child’s needs (as described in the evidence provided) seem complex enough to need a statutory assessment. If this is the case they will ask you and all professionals involved with your child to write a report outlining your child’s needs. If they do not think your child needs this, they will ask the school to continue with the current support and we will continue to work with you to help your child make progress.
Once the reports have all been sent to SENAR, the ‘Panel of Professionals’ will decide if your child’s needs are severe, complex and lifelong. If this is the case they will write an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). They will either ask the school to continue with the current level of support in school and also set up a meeting in school to ensure a plan is in place to ensure your child makes as much progress as possible or you may be able to look at an alternative specialist provision if a place is available.
The EHC Plan will outline the long and short term goals for your child. The school will plan what this looks like in consultation with SENAR, the agencies that have been supporting your child and the parent. EHC plans are reviewed annually.
Q9 What training do the staff in school have in relation to pupils with Special Educational Needs?
In our school, we believe that all staff should be involved in supporting pupils with special educational needs and so we make sure that staff have training to help them do this.
Our staff have all had training for Epipen, Allergies, Asthma, Epilepsy, Diabetes and First Aid. The staff who require more in-depth training have received Paediatric First Aid and Diabetes (insulin pump use). Outside agencies provide advice and training to staff when required in order to effectively meet the needs of the children in their care. The SENDCo provides whole school training for staff. The SENDCo is appropriately trained for her role and has the National SENDCo award.
Q10 How are pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability involved in their own education?
For children and young people with SEND we use a variety of strategies to support the engagement of them in their learning through:
Q13 Who can I contact for support outside of school?
SENDIASS (Special Educational Needs and disability Information and Support Service), formerly called Parent Partnership- www.birmingham.gov.uk/sendiass
This service exists to provide advice and information to parents and pupils in Birmingham. This information is designed to explain special educational needs procedures, to help you understand the law and procedures that affect you and your child, and to provide information on other issues that may be useful.
Contact the SENDIASS:
The POD,
28 Oliver Street,
Nechells,
Birmingham,
B7 4NX .
Email: sendiass@birmingham.gov.uk
Telephone: 0121 303 5004
DfE SEND Code of Practice, April 2015.
This is where the statutory framework and guidance for SEND can be found:
www.gov.uk/search?q=SEN+code+of+Practice