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Inclusion & SEND

At Edward Feild Primary School, we value the needs and achievements of every pupil and strive to provide a broad curriculum which allows all pupils to learn and progress.

A child has special educational needs if he or she has learning difficulties that call for special educational provision to be made.

A child has learning difficulties if he or she:

Has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children of the same age.
Has a disability which prevents or hinders the child from making use of educational facilities of a kind provided for children of the same age in other schools within the Local Authority. (Taken from section 20 of the Children and Families Act 2014).

Progress of all pupils is tracked through summative tests and teacher assessments at least three times a year for most children. For pupils with SEND we regularly review their Pupil Profile documents which chart progress towards the agreed outcomes. These are discussed three times a year parents and, if appropriate, children.

If you have concerns around your child’s progress at school, the first person to speak to is your child’s class teacher. If you still have ongoing concerns and would like to discuss your child’s special educational needs, you may wish to speak to our SENDCo, Mrs Cheung.

SEND Policy

SEND Report

Meet The Team

Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Co-ordinator (SENDCo)

Mrs Jo Cheung - responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the school's SEND strategy, policy, provision and school offer. She supports teachers, the leadership team, pupils and their families, and liaises with external agencies when required. Mrs Cheung provides advice, guidance, and training to staff on supporting pupils with SEND and will support teachers to develop individualised support plans for pupils with additional needs.

Pastoral & Attendance Lead

Mrs Sue Doyle - supports pupils, parents, and their families, building and maintaining positive relationships between home and school. As a Deputy Safeguarding Lead (DDSL), Mrs Doyle works closely with external agencies to support children and families. She also works with families to improve attendance and ensure every pupil is in school and on time! Mrs Doyle can also work with families to support with a range of other needs, including barriers to learning, bereavements, separation and many more.

What Can We Offer?

We welcome and provide for pupils with a range of educational needs, including those with:

Communication and interaction- speech, language and communication needs, Autistic Spectrum Disorder including Autism.

Cognition and learning- moderate non-specific learning difficulties, and specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia or dyscalculia.

Social, emotional and mental health difficulties- behaviour reflecting underlying mental health or emotional difficulties, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, attachment disorder.

Sensory and/or physical needs- hearing , visual or multi-sensory impairments or physical disability.

There are varying levels of provision on offer at Edward Feild Primary School, which covers universal provision, for all pupils, and additionally our targeted and specialist provision.

We are able to offer a wide range of professional expertise in Special Educational Needs, from our own school staff and also through consultants who work within our school:

Our Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator holds the National SENCo qualification with Oxford Brookes University
We have staff who have enhanced training in a number of interventions for the different areas of SEND.
Teaching assistants are trained to support the particular needs of the children they work with. We also have the support from a number of external agencies.

We have close and effective links with a range of advisory agencies to support us in addressing children’s needs. These include:

Educational Psychologists
Communication and Interaction Support Service
Autism Advisory Service
Speech and Language Therapist
Language and Communication Advisory Teacher
Community Staff Nurse
Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Children’s Services
Primary Care and Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Special Educational Needs Advisory Service

Information about these services and what they offer can be found on the Oxfordshire County Council SEND webpages.

The success of the school’s SEND provision is evaluated through:

Monitoring of classroom practice by SENCO and other members of the Senior Leadership Team.
Analysis of pupil tracking data and test results for individuals and pupil groups
Monitoring of procedures and practice by the SEN governor regularly
Monitoring of the quality of Pupil Profiles and review meetings
School self-evaluation and the School Improvement Plan
When we run special intervention programmes for groups of children we assess how successful they have been and use that information to decide on how best to run them in the future.

The Local Offer

The Code of Practice for SEN and Disability (2014) set out guidance on how the needs of children and young people with SEN or disability should be met. More information about how this is carried out within Oxfordshire can be found on the council website at https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/introduction-send-and-local-offer

The Local Offer for Oxfordshire can be found at https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-local-offer