Welcome to
The Blandford School Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) webpage.
Our vision and aims.
‘All students at
The Blandford School, irrespective of their background or the challenges they
face, have full access to the wide range of opportunities and experiences
available at school.’
At The Blandford School, we recognise that some of our young
people may require additional support to achieve their potential. Each student,
regardless of their starting point, is entitled to a broad and balanced
curriculum, which is relevant to their educational needs. As an inclusive
school, it is our intention to ensure that all our young people have their
needs met within a caring and supportive environment.
What is a
special educational need?
“A pupil
has SEN where their learning difficulty or disability calls for special
educational provision, namely provision different from or additional to that
normally available to pupils of the same age.” Special Educational
Needs and Disability Code of Practice (SEND), 2014, 6.1.
Who has
responsibility for SEND at The Blandford School?
All adults at
The Blandford School have a responsibility for our young people with SEND.
The Special
Educational Needs and Disability Co-ordinator (SENDCo) is responsible for
planning and overseeing support for our young people with SEND.
· Our
Inclusion Leader/SENDCo is Mr R. Hayball; to contact please email: rhayball@blandfordschool.org.uk.
· Mrs K. Burrows is
our Assistant Headteacher for Progress, Guidance and Welfare, and our
Designated Safeguarding Lead.
· Our Governor
with responsibility for SEND is Mr J. Seal.
SEND
support at The Blandford School.
At The Blandford
School we follow the graduated response to SEND, as per the Special Educational
Needs and Disability Code of Practice (SEND), 2014.
Our aim is to
create an inclusive learning environment, through high quality teaching,
allowing all learners access to the curriculum. If progress is significantly
slower than that of their peers who start from the same baseline and/or progress
fails to match or better the student’s previous rate of progress and/or progress
fails to close the attainment gap between the child and their peers, additional
support or assessments will be considered. This could include:
- Assessment for Specific Learning Difficulties
(SpLD).
- Assessment for a neurodiverse condition.
- Thinking Reading, comprehension
intervention or a fluency reading scheme.
- Numeracy intervention.
- Lunch time club.
- Prince’s Trust Award.
- In-class adaptations.
- Assistive technology.
- Exams Access Arrangements.
- Request for a Needs Assessment –
Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan.
In some cases,
we may seek advice from the following specialist services:
- Dorset Educational Psychology Service.
- Children and Adolescents Mental Health
Services (CAMHS).
- Mental Health in Schools Team (MHST).
- Community Paediatrician.
- Dorset Hearing Support Service.
- Dorset Vision Support Service.
- Speech and Language Therapy (SALT).
- Early Help.
Our lead First
Aider oversees the dissemination of medical information (including Medical Care
Plans) and the administration of medication.
Useful
information.
For
questions on the following, please see link below for The Blandford School’s SEND
Information Report, October 2023.
· What
is the local offer?
· Definition
of Special Educational Needs.
· Our
SEND aims and objectives.
· How
does the school know if a young person needs extra help and what should I do if
I think my child may have a special educational need?
· Communication
with parent(s) and carer(s) of our young people with SEND.
· What
emotional wellbeing support is available at The Blandford School?
· What
specialist services are available at or accessed by The Blandford School?
· SEND
staff training at The Blandford School.
· How
are young people with SEND included in activities outside the classroom?
· How
accessible is the school environment and curriculum?
· How
is transition to and from The Blandford School managed?
· How
are resources allocated?
· Arrangements
for the admission of disabled students.
· Complaints
procedures.
For
questions on the following, please see link below for The Blandford School’s Accessibility Plan.
· Arrangements
for the admission of disabled students.
· How
The Blandford School will increase the extent to which disabled students
participate in the school’s curriculum.
For
parental support, please see the link below for SENDIASS. This group provides
independent support across Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole.
Please find
links below to information and polices that may be of interest to you. You can find more information on both
the Policies page and
the Medical Information page of
this website.
The SEND Information Report October 2023
SEND/Inclusion Policy
Appendix 1 Equality Information
Administering Medication Policy
Supporting Children and Young People with Medical Conditions Policy
Medication Permission Form
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