Special Educational Needs (SEN) at Ashburnham

Special Educational Needs (SEN) at Ashburnham

How does Ashburnham meet the needs of every Learner?

At Ashburnham we are committed to supporting every child in achieving their potential. Our Assistant Head Teacher, Maya Wittleton, is an experienced Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo). She has worked in Kensington & Chelsea as Lead SENCo and runs a number of well attended courses to share her knowledge with Newly Qualified Teachers and Experienced SENCos.

Ashburnham is committed to early identification of special needs and uses structured support (in line with the Government’s ‘Revised Code of Practice’) for assessing and working with children and their parents to meet their needs and ensure every group of learners can access the curriculum and enjoy learning. Children with additional needs have Individual Education Plans and whole class support is monitored through Intervention Overviews.

To meet the needs of all groups of learners we have a comprehensive intervention program which includes:

• 3 full time Intervention teachers to support groups of learners in literacy and numeracy across school from Y2-6.
• Phonics intervention delivered by highly skilled TAs
• Additional Reading sessions delivered by one of our 5 trained volunteers which provides key children with a full hour extra reading every week and is linked to writing for KS2 children.
• Lunch time drop in sessions for children to meet with our Learning Mentor
• Close links with many outside agencies.
• A range of parent workshops to empower parents to support their children with home learning.
• A range of coffee mornings for parents to meet with outside agencies and get further information on Sleep, Nutrition and Behaviour throughout the year.

If you have any questions about our SEN policy or how we are supporting your child at school you can contact Maya Wittleton via the office.

• For full details of IEPs and to see our full Intervention Program please see our SEN Parent Handbook and our SEN policy .
•  Details of workshops can be found in the weekly newsletter, you will also receive a text about them if you have signed up for text alerts.
• Contact details and outlines of the range of services available for families and children can also be found in the ‘Wider Inclusion Team’ booklet .