Contact Us
Assistant Principal Inclusion
C McGettrick
02476 251756 Ext 2031
SENCos email – sencos@sidneystringeracademy.org.uk
C McGettrick
V Tomlin
N Akhtar
R Cleall
ASD Lead
S Burkin
02476 251756 Ext 2104
As a Learning Support faculty, we aim to provide support for any student requiring additional provision to help them reach their potential.
Students may be identified as SEND using the Academy criteria (please see the School Information Report below). If a student is identified as SEND then they will have a student support plan. This provides teachers with the SEND information and strategies to help the student access their learning. Both students and parents will have the opportunity to input into and review these plans.
The Graduated Approach (assess, plan, do and review) is incorporated into various processes at the Academy. It is put in place to ensure that any gaps in progress are identified, and a plan is actioned and reviewed in order to meet individual student need.
We have provision to support students with a wide range of SEND including the support of students with additional physical needs. If you want more information on how we cater for students with physical needs, please see both the SEND Policy and Accessibility Plan below. If you have any further questions, please do contact a member of the SEND team and we will be happy to help.
Any student with SEND has a package of support put in place for them – this is determined by the student’s identified area(s) of need. If your child has an EHCP, you will be invited in over the course of the academic year to meet the SENCO and complete the statutory annual EHCP review. There is also the opportunity to meet a member of the SEND team at every parent evening and on our SEND progress days.
We provide a wide range of interventions that help to meet the needs of students requiring additional support.
These interventions provide support for one or more of the four areas of need:
- Communication and Interaction
- Cognition and Learning
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Sensory and Physical
These interventions may include but are not limited to:
- Nurture Group (Year 7)
- Transition group (Year 7 and Year 8)
- Memory and Processing Groupwork
- Tailored Dyslexia Support and Intervention
- ASC Support and Programmes of Intervention
- Access Arrangements
- Personalised Curriculum e.g. Functional Skills English, Home Cooking Skills and King’s Trust
- Precision Teaching
- Learning Mentor Support
- Behaviour Placements
- SEND Mentoring for identified students
- Exam Anxiety Sessions
- Home School Link Books
- Subject Specific Interventions
- Life Skills
- AQA Unit Award Accreditations
- Internal Speech and Language Therapy
- Lego Therapy
- PE Intervention
- Sensory Breaks
- Friendship Group
- SEND Homework Support
- Supported Social Time
- Handwriting Intervention Clubs”
- Educational Psychologists
- Social Emotional Mental Health and Learning Practitioners
- Complex Communications Support Team
- Visual Impairment Service
- Hearing Impairment Service
- School Nursing Service
- Diabetes Support
- CAMHS/RISE
- CRASAC
- Occupational Health Therapy
- Speech and Language Support
If your child has a medical need or a change in their current medical need, please inform your child’s Head of Year. If your child has a specific medical requirement that requires an Individual Healthcare Plan (IHP) to be actioned, then the Head of Year will complete this with you. This plan will include information from parents, the student and relevant healthcare professionals.
The Academy’s First Aid team, as well as other identified staff, are trained to support students with specific medical needs to ensure that students can still access their learning in school.
The School Nursing Service also provides drop-in sessions to offer healthcare advice to students and individual students can be referred to their service should the need arise.
There is a strong system of support for Newly Arrived EAL students to ensure that they can integrate into Academy life and access their learning.
We offer a personalised approach to meet the needs of EAL leaners and where necessary, a curriculum package is put together following the Academy admission meeting, a student mentoring meeting and student assessments.
‘Oferim un sistem riguros de suport pentru elevii nou-veniți în Marea Britanie a căror limbă maternă nu este engleza (EAL), pentru a le asigura integrarea în Academie și accesul la educație. Școala oferă un mod personalizat de a îndeplini nevoile elevilor EAL, iar curricula specială este imediat stabilită după ce ședința de admitere în Academie și ședința de consiliere și evaluarea elevului au avut loc.’
Existuje silný systém podpory pre nových študentov EAL, aby sa zabezpečilo, že sa môžu začleniť do života akadémie a získať prístup k učeniu. Ponúkame personalizovaný prístup, aby sme splnili potreby EAL študentov a po prijímacom stretnutí Akadémie, stretnutí študentského mentorstva a hodnoteniach študentov sa zostavuje balík učebných osnov.
If you would like to contact our ASC Lead, please use the contact information below and your request will be picked up within 24 working hours.
We offer a range of support for students both with a diagnosis or pending a diagnosis of ASC. This includes in class support, sensory breaks and identified interventions.
There are also different events organised during the academic year for both parents and/or students.
Some of these are online and others are face to face events. Please check the ‘upcoming events’ section or use the email address below for information.
Samantha Burkin
sburkin@sidneystringeracademy.org.uk
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