Glodwick Infant and Nursery school is an inclusive school with the ethos that all children will ‘be the best they can be.’ We aim to create a welcoming atmosphere where everyone is valued and encouraged to reach their full potential. We provide a quality experience for all learners with SEND in our setting. The SENCO role is shared by Miss D. Preece and Mrs J.Lomax.

Glodwick Infant and Nursery School is not barrier free. Details on how we are improving access and participation for all our children can be found in our Accessibility Plan.

At Glodwick we work very closely with our parents and their children. Parents are always involved with planning and decision making about their children’s needs and the support we will give through structured conversations and ‘person-centred meetings’. Parents are able to provide us with vital information about their child at home. This helps us to plan strategies together that will work for everyone.

Class teachers meet at least termly with parents to discuss their child’s progress. At Glodwick we review a child’s progress towards planned outcomes and decide together what we need to do next. We have an ‘open door’ policy where parents and carers can come and speak to school staff at any time and work alongside their child when they drop them off and at different times during the academic year. We also have a website and an online learning platform where parents can contact their child’s teacher and find learning resources appropriate for their child.

The progress of every child in every lesson is important to us at Glodwick Infant and Nursery School. Teachers check children’s understanding and progress in lessons throughout the day and make ongoing assessments and evaluations, including marking.

The Senior Leadership Team and Head Teacher monitor the progress of every child in half termly progress meetings and termly SEND reviews. Parents are included in reviews of progress through parents’ meetings and review meetings and at an annual review, for EHC children.

At Glodwick we present our annual reports to parents half way through the academic year. This helps our partnership with parents and supports their understanding of what their child needs to do next in their learning.

We carefully track progress to ensure that all children make at least good progress from their starting point. If a child is making less than good progress, or is falling significantly behind the peer group, steps are taken to identify the issue and strategies put in place to close the gap in learning. For children in Year One and Two who are assessed as pre key stage or working below the Expected standard within National Curriculum we use tools such as Pivats to measure and assess smaller steps of progress. The staff who teach intervention groups keep detailed records of how children progress on an intervention. Through this regular plan, do, review process the impact is measured.

All of our teaching staff have received high quality training in order to meet the needs of all pupils, including those with additional needs.

We use a range of strategies and a number of interventions/small group and one to one activities to support learning needs. These may have a focus on speech and language development, mathematics, handwriting, reading, writing and phonics skills development. All  interventions are discussed with parents and rigorously monitored.

Teaching staff have had training in all aspects of SEND and some staff in school have developed more in depth knowledge in Speech, Language and Communication Needs and in Autistic Spectrum Disorders. All staff at Glodwick Infant and Nursery School are supported to develop their understanding of SEND through in school training and attendance on external courses. Key staff receive additional training in order to meet the needs of our children as and when necessary.

We work closely with a number of external agencies including but not limited to, QEST, the Educational Psychology service, Speech and Language team and other health professionals.

We operate an open access system for all our school activities. We actively encourage and facilitate participation of pupils with SEND in activities that they themselves have identified as being of interest and those which have been identified through discussions and person centred meetings.

We have regular visits from professionals coming into school e.g. theatre groups, chefs etc. to enhance learning opportunities for all our children. Educational visits out of school are planned to support first hand experiences for all our learners. We actively choose visits that are accessible to all.

There are a number of support groups in Oldham for parents of children with SEND. Parents may speak to one of the SENCOs who will be happy to talk with them about what support is available to meet a specific need. There is also advice and support on our online learning platform and the school website.

Alternatively, families can contact ‘SEND IASS’(Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Advice and Support Service). This service provides independent, individual information and advice for parents of children with Special Educational Needs:

Oldham has a Parent and Carer forum called POINT (Parents of Oldham in Touch). This is an umbrella organisation for all parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs, disabilities and complex medical needs. They work with Oldham council, education and health and other providers to ensure the services they plan and deliver, meet the needs of disabled children and their families.

Chadderton Court

451 Middleton Road

Chadderton

Oldham OL9 9LB

0161 503 1547

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