Britannia Community Primary School
SEN
SEND Support
If your child has an identified educational need and requires additional support to access their learning, then this page will offer the support you need. The information can be used for all children though as every child may find it useful.
Like most schools, we have a number of pupils who have some additional needs. That means they may need a little more help and support from us. The support we provide to these pupils is coordinated by Mrs Nuttall. She liaises with a range of agencies such as Speech & Language Therapy Services, Specialist Teachers, Occupational Therapy and the Community Paediatrician. We do our best to provide work that meets the needs of each child, but sometimes we see that, despite our best efforts, they are not making the progress we anticipate. When the school has concerns about the progress a pupil is making, we will often seek further advice from our Educational Psychologist. The governor who has responsibility for special educational needs is Sarita Arif.
Some children who are identified as having Special Educational Needs have their provision organised through a Pupil Passport or One Page Profile. Children with more significant needs may have a Pupil Passport and a Learning Plan which is usually linked to the outcomes on and Education, Health and Care Plan or taken from specialist teacher or Educational Psychologist reports.
All children who have identified as with Special Educational Needs have their progress and provision reviewed each term. For futher information on this, please refer to the Special Educational Needs Policy and Information Report in the Files Section towards the bottom of the page.
Medical Needs
Mrs Nuttall updates the medical register regularly to keep staff informed of those children who need extra medical care. All staff receive paediatric first aid training every 3 years and updates are provided by the school nurse team annually on anaphylaxis, diabetes and epilepsy. School liaise with specialist nurse teams and families of those children who have additional medical needs. Please keep us updated if there are any changes to your child's medical needs. Families needs to remember to check the 'use by' dates on any medication kept in school so contact the school office if you need to check your own child's.
Speech, Language and Communication
Speech and Language alongside communication skills are key to supporting your child. Please look in Files to Download to find some useful resources which you may find helpful in supporting your child's speech, language and communication skills. There is information on supporting children with unclear speech, silly sentences cards and communication cookbook activities.
Special Education Needs Information
School is led by the Government's Strategy for Special Educational Needs. Legislation (The Children and Families Act 2014) came into force from the 1st September 2014 and a new SEN Code of Practice accompanied this legislation.
Details about the reforms and the SEN Code of Practice can be found on the Department for Education’s website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25
The SEND Local Offer is a resource which is designed to support children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities and their families. It describes the services and provision that are available both to those families in Lancashire that have an Education, Health and Care Plan and those who do not have a plan, but still experience some form of special educational need. The SEND Local Offer includes information about public services across education, health and social care, as well as those provided by the private, voluntary and community sectors. The Local Offer can be accessed on the website:
Useful Websites
https://www.bacupfamilycentre.co.uk/
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/children-education-families/family-hubs/
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/
https://reception06660.wixsite.com/adhd-north-west