SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITY (SEND)

This page is designed to inform you of the types of support available for your child at Kingshill Church School.

We hope the information below will help you understand who can help you and how you can access support.

Who are the best people to talk to in this school about my child’s difficulties with learning / Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)?

THE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS COORDINATOR (SENCO) IS RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Coordinating all support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and developing the school’s SEND Policy to make sure all children get a consistent, high-quality response to meeting their needs in school.

TOGETHER WITH THE CLASS TEACHER ENSURING THAT PARENTS/CARERS ARE:

• involved in supporting your child’s learning
• kept informed about the support your child is getting
• involved in reviewing how they are doing
• part of planning ahead for them.
• liaising with all the other people who may be coming into school to help support your child’s learning e.g. Speech and Language Therapy, Educational Psychology
• Updating the school’s SEND register (a system for ensuring all the SEND needs of pupils in this school are known) and making sure that there are excellent records of your child’s progress and needs
• To provide specialist support for teachers and support staff in the school so they can help your child (and other pupils with SEND in the school) achieve the best possible progress in school.

CLASS TEACHERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Checking on the progress of your child and identifying, planning and delivering any additional help your child may need (this could be things like targeted work, additional support) and letting the SENCO know as necessary.
• Ensuring all staff working with your child are supported to deliver the planned work/programme for your child, so they can achieve the best possible progress. This may involve the use of additional adults, outside specialist help and specially planned work and resources.
• Ensuring all school policies, including the SEND policy are followed in their classroom, and for all the pupils they teach with any SEND.

THE HEADTEACHER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Day to day management of all aspects of the school, this includes the support for children with SEND.
• Giving responsibility to the SENDCO and class teachers but is still responsible for ensuring that your child’s needs are met.
• Ensuring the Governing Body is kept up to date about any issues in the school relating to SEND.

SEN GOVERNOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Making sure the necessary support is made for any child who attends the school who has SEND.
• Support and monitor SEND within the school and report back to Governors

WHERE IF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY’S LOCAL OFFER PUBLISHED?

Detail of organisations and services able to provide additional support and information can be found in North Somerset ‘s Local Authority’s Local Offer:

About our Local Offer and how to search it | North Somerset Online Directory (n-somerset.gov.uk)

OUR SCHOOL SENCO is Mrs Suzanne Crane

She can be contacted through the school office 01275 852720 or via email – office@kcs.bwmat.org

SEND policy Poster summary 

Identification children with SEND

Supporting Pupils with Medical Conditions

School Accessibility Plan 23

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KHSEND-report-2023-24

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