Mrs Karen Neville SENDCo                

 Mrs Helen Green SEND teacher         

 

Class 18 is a nurturing and supportive environment where children are encouraged to develop academically, socially and personally. Our aim is to help every child become as independent, confident and successful as possible.

Class 18 forms part of our Designated Special Provision (DSP). Through a Service Level Agreement with the Local Authority, we provide up to 24 specialist places for pupils with significant learning needs. These places are allocated by the Local Authority through a consultation process for children whose Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) identifies that this level of specialist support is appropriate.

Children access a carefully adapted curriculum that is tailored to their individual needs while ensuring they experience a broad and balanced education. Learning focusses on the development of communication, literacy, numeracy and personal independence skills, alongside opportunities to build confidence, resilience and self-esteem. Our curriculum is designed to remove barriers to learning while enabling pupils to achieve their individual potential and participate fully in school life.

Practical, hands-on learning experiences are at the heart of our provision and help children make meaningful connections with the world around them. We also place a strong emphasis on developing life skills and promoting pupils' physical, emotional and social wellbeing.

Teaching children how to stay safe and healthy is an important part of our curriculum. We regularly welcome visitors into school to enrich learning and provide real-life experiences. Recent visitors have included dental health professionals, road safety advisers and representatives from the fire service.

Children in Class 18 are fully included members of our school community. Every child is part of a mainstream class and has opportunities to learn alongside their peers. Depending on their individual needs, pupils may access specialist teaching and support in Class 18 for parts of the day, while joining their mainstream class for subjects and activities where they can learn successfully alongside their peers.

We aim for pupils to spend approximately 50% of their school day within their mainstream class. However, every timetable is personalised and regularly reviewed to ensure the balance of specialist support and mainstream inclusion best meets each child's needs and enables them to thrive.

Our resourced provision curriculum has been designed to support the development of the whole child and to help them understand how they are developing personally and socially.

 

We encourage children to believe in themselves and to develop their own sense of self-worth.  

 

We encourage children to feel safe and have the confidence to try new things.

We aim to provide accessibility to a curriculum for each child to maximise their opportunities for success.

 

We ensure all children have access to the National Curriculum and a wide range of subjects. We have been updating our progression of skills and our long-term plan for the provision.