Any child receiving help is having the curriculum altered or differentiated in some way.

Using Outside Specialist Services:
We are fortunate to have full use of the School Support Service.
This provides support and advice for us with pupils whose needs present us with specific problems. We use them when we have concerns about learning, behaviour, language, dyslexia, hearing and visual difficulties. They support pupils and staff and are able to provide a link with parents.
We have a valuable service provided by the Educational Psychology Service. The Educational Psychologist sees pupils and parents and assists us with the necessary testing for statements any special arrangements for GCSE.

English Learning Support Groups:
Once Year 7 pupils have been identified as in need of learning support in KS3 English, the A half and the B half year 7 groups are formed. The policies and procedures to be followed are as those specified by the English dept. The teaching groups will be smaller than those generally encountered in the mainstream English groups, which will ensure greater teacher/pupil contact time and more individualised attention to help raise general levels of confidence and improve pupil low self-esteem. However, the groups will not be so small as to stifle group discussion and sharing of ideas in collaborative learning situations.

In Class Support:
The help in subject lessons is given by the Teaching Assistants. Pupils are assessed and Support is negotiated at the beginning of the year. We respond, of course, to the on-going needs of staff and pupils. It is, of necessity, targeted at the statemented pupils, but in practice and with the expertise and experience of the team their help is more widely spread. In these situations, the Teaching Assistant staff work under the direction of the subject teacher. It is possible, with staff guidance, for them to differentiate the task given, the classwork and homework.

Workshop:
We have been running our Basic Skills workshop for 6 years. We are continuing to concentrate on the three main skill areas - Reading, Spelling and Writing - and have developed expertise in delivering these highly structured programmes.
Recent resource additions are 4 networked PCs and Beat Dyslexia Programmes 1 to 5. Pupils work individually with guidance from workshop staff, who concentrate on encouragement and positive feedback. Certificates are given each year for attendance and commitment. Pupils use the workshop before school and during the first two lessons.

Teaching Assistant Keyworker Scheme:
Each member of the team has a special interest and concern for the progress of individual statemented pupils. Key workers will share expertise and communicate with each other about best practice within their role. There is a central feedback book in the SEN office for collation of information. This initiative is proving valuable.

Our CPSA: (Curriculum and Parental Support Assistant)
Mr. Nisar Hussain will also be involved in supporting pupils in class.

Successmaker.

As you may be aware, some pupils have been attending sessions in reading, spelling or mathematics on our new computer programme, Successmaker.

Initial results from this are promising and we hope to continue and expand the scheme this coming year.
We will negotiate with subject teachers and pupils may be taken out of lessons for a short time. We will endeavour to cause the least disruption as possible.