St Andrew's Primary School

St Andrew's Road, Bishop Auckland DL14 6RY

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Home / SEND / Our SEN Provision / How we adapt the curriculum and learning environment for children & young people with SEN

How we adapt the curriculum and learning environment for children & young people with SEN

St Andrew’s Primary School provides the following:

Support for children with physical needs:

  • Quality First Teaching, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum where barriers to inclusion are removed
  • Timetabled speech and language interventions
  • Specialist assessment and recommendations from NHS Speech and Language services
  • Specialist assessment and recommendations from Durham County’s Social Communication Team

Support for children with speech, language and communication needs:

  • Quality First Teaching, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum where barriers to inclusion are removed
  • Timetabled speech and language interventions
  • Specialist assessment and recommendations from NHS Speech and Language services
  • Specialist assessment and recommendations from Durham County’s Social Communication Team

Support for children with social, emotional and mental health difficulties:

  • Quality First Teaching, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum where barriers to inclusion are removed
  • Timetabled friendship intervention groups
  • Timetabled social skills intervention groups
  • Timetabled emotions intervention groups
  • Specialist assessment and recommendations from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
  • Specialist support from the school counselling service

Support for children with cognition and learning needs:

  • Quality First Teaching, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum where barriers to inclusion are removed
  • Timetabled Maths and English specific interventions
  • Timetabled working memory interventions
  • Timetabled visual perception interventions
  • Specialist assessment and recommendations from Educational and Psychological Consultants
  • Specialist assessment and recommendations from Durham County’s Cognition and Learning Team
  • Specific and individual support for children whose learning needs are severe, complex and lifelong
  • A rich and varied range of teaching and learning styles
  • An innovative, supportive, broad and balanced curriculum designed to engage children and to meet the needs of all learners
  • A vast range of extra-curricular activities, including enrichment activities and academic catch up groups

Support for children with English as an Additional Language:

  • Access to specialist support via Durham County’s EAL link worker

Support for children with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Heritage:

  • Access to specialist support via Durham County’s Educational Support for Gypsy, Roma, Traveller Service

Children with SEND are closely monitored and supported through their time at our school. Our SENDCo regularly reviews the provision and achievements for our children with SEND to ensure the best outcomes for children and families. Supporting families is a specific part of this role and also the role of all staff at all levels; we see supporting children through supporting families as a vital part of ensuring quality provision.

More details on how we adapt information, our environment and curriculum can be found in the Accessibility Plan which you ca find in the School Policies section of our website.

In this section

  • Introduction
  • Our SEN Provision
    • The kinds of SEN that are provided for:
    • Our approach to teaching children & young people with SEN
    • How we adapt the curriculum and learning environment for children & young people with SEN
    • How we identify, assess and review children with special educational needs
    • How children with SEN engage in all activities?
    • How we evaluate the effectiveness of SEN Provision
  • Support for Emotional & Social Development
  • Looked After Children with SEND
  • SEN Transition
  • SEN Specialist Expertise
  • Consulting with our SEN Pupils, Parents & Carers
  • Compliments, Complaints & Feedback
  • Key Policies

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St Andrew's Road

Bishop Auckland

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