We are committed to providing an inclusive education for all our learners to ensure they feel seen, valued and empowered to thrive.

Every teacher is a teacher of Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND), providing all learners with realistic learning goals in a broad-based, appropriate curriculum and suitably scaffolded work to support their learning and raise aspirations.

Through the provision of educational, emotional, and technical support in a positive learning environment, we want families to feel confident that their learner will be supported to learn, achieve, and grow – both in school and in life. 

What SEND means

Some learners need extra help with their learning. A learner is considered to have SEND if they:  

• Find learning harder than most learners their age, or 

• Have a disability that makes it difficult to access school life in the same way as others. 

 

There are four main areas of need we support: 

1. Communication & Interaction (C&I) – speech, language, and social communication needs

2. Cognition & Learning (C&L) – difficulties with thinking, understanding, or learning, including dyslexia and dyscalculia

3. Social, Emotional & Mental Health (SEMH) – challenges with emotions, behaviour, or mental health

4. Sensory and/or Physical Needs – hearing, vision, physical, or sensory processing difficulties

 

How we support learners

All learners benefit from high-quality teaching in the classroom. Staff use Learning and Teaching Chronicles to guide how we teach.  

Alongside this, we use the Adaptive Teaching Toolkit (ATT). This breaks teaching down even further, giving staff practical strategies to adapt lessons for learners who might need extra support. For example, breaking down instructions, using visuals, or changing resources so they are easier to access. 

To support this, every staff member also has access to the Curate and Narrate document. This sets out the obstacles to learning for identified learners and highlights the strategies that work best for them. It makes sure that staff know how to put the right adaptations in place, so learners feel included and able to succeed in class. 

Every learner with SEND has a Student Success Plan. We make this together with the learner, parents and carers, and we review it each term. 

Together, the Chronicles, ATT and Curate and Narrate make sure that teaching is consistent, inclusive, and flexible, meeting the needs of every learner. 

 

 

Key documents and reports