Our SEND Provision

Supporting pupils with SEN

All children are unique in the way that they learn and develop. Here at Woodhouse Primary Academy we support our pupils to learn through Quality First Teaching. This is teaching that emphasizes high-quality, inclusive, and differentiated instruction for all students. For our pupils with with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), Quality First Teaching is the first step in ensuring every student can access and achieve in every lesson. If a child requires additional support however staff are pro-active in identifying needs and ensuring that support is provided through consultation with parents and carers in a timely way.

Broadly speaking this level of support will follow the three waves of intervention model as shown below:

Here at Woodhouse Primary Academy we have devised our own structure in order to identify and support pupils with SEND:

Areas of Need

There are four broad areas of need. These are:

Communication and Interaction

This area of need includes children with Autism Spectrum Condition and those with Speech, Language and Communication Needs including delays in attention and interaction needs which may affect their social development.

Cognition and Learning

This includes children with Specific Learning Difficulties, Moderate Learning Difficulties, Severe Learning Difficulties and Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties

Social Emotional, Mental Health Difficulties

This includes any pupils who have an emotional, social or mental health need that is impacting on their ability to learn. This may include behavioural difficulties, anxiety and depression and attachment disorders.

Sensory and/or Physical Difficulties

This area includes children with hearing impairment, visual impairment, multi-sensory impairment and physical difficulties. This area may also include pupils with a medical or genetic diagnosis.

Assess, Plan, Do, Review

At Woodhouse Primary Academy we follow a graduated support approach which is called “Assess, Plan, Do, Review”.

This means that we will:

• Assess a child’s special educational needs
• Plan the provision to meet your child’s aspirations and agreed outcomes
• Do put the provision in place to meet those outcomes
• Review the support and progress.

As part of this approach, we will produce a SEN Support Plan that describes the provision that we will make to meet a child’s special educational needs and agreed outcomes. Parents and carers will be fully involved in this process.
A small percentage of children and young people with significant learning difficulties might need an assessment that could lead to an Education, Health and Care Plan. Full details can be found on the Local Offer website.