Inclusion & Special Educational Needs

Mrs Jo Botley is our SENDCO.

I work with children and staff across the school ensure that children are supported to make progress in their academic, emotional and social education. I support class teachers to identify any barriers and put support in place if children are not making the expected level of progress. We then work together to implement this support, review it, adapt it and seek additional help from West Sussex specialist education and therapy teams if the we are seeing limited impact on progress. In fact we are currently working with the Autism, Social Communication Team towards our Autism Awareness Award which will celebrate all the work we have done in this area and help inform our practice moving forward. We always keep up to date with the latest research into how best to support all our learners.

If you have any concerns about your child’s progress please speak to their class teacher in the first instance. You can find more details about our universal offer and targeted support here:

In this section you will find information on Special Educational Needs and information for parents/carers to support their child. You will also find information about the West Sussex Local Offer.

If you are still concerned then please contact me by email on jo.botley@fairwayinfant.co.uk.

Here at Fairway, we use the West Sussex Graduated Response approach to SEND Provision to ensure we:

• Emphasise the importance of quality first teaching through Rosenshine’s Principles of Effective Instruction and Ordinarily Available Inclusive Practice (OAIP) - West Sussex County Council.

• assess all pupils against the five stages to ensure appropriate provision

• check the accuracy of the school’s SEND Register

• ensure class teachers are responsible for the provision of all learners, including those pupils with SEND

• outline and communicate expectations for different stages of provision

• clarify assessment and monitoring systems at different stages and who is responsible

• enable senior leaders to check provision for identified pupils as part of pupil progress meetings

• provide early intervention to prevent pupils from developing a special educational need

• clarify provision where lack of progress for individual pupils is causing concern

• ensure that additional support is time limited and rooted in a Cycle of Assess Plan Do Review, in line with the SEND Code of Practice.

• ensure that all pupils are monitored closely and no pupil ‘falls through the net’.

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/local-offer

If you have noticed that your child is struggling at home, you can access support in a number of areas:

Targeted support - West Sussex County Council – a great A-Z of support available for a variety of children’s mental health needs.

Early Help services - West Sussex County Council – for family support and signposting to other avenues of support. You can refer in yourself or we can refer for you. Surrey families will need to refer to the Surrey Equivalent. Or you can meet our Designated School Link either 1:1 or at a half-termly parent workshop.

Time 4 Children | Emotional Listening Support – for children who may need a listening ear. We can refer from school.

Details - West Sussex County Council – support for families of children on a referral pathway for Autism or ADHD. We can refer from school.

West Sussex Single Point of Access (SPoA) :: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust – support for mental health needs. As we are a Thought-full school (new this academic year) please get in touch with Mrs Botley (Senior Mental Health Lead) before referring in to this service, or asking school to, as we can get advice first from the Thought-full team. For more information about Thought-full please visit Thought-Full - West Sussex County Council

SEND Policy and SEND Information Report

The latest versions of these documents can be found by clicking on the links below.