Lead SENDCo:
Victoria Rankin vrankin@oakbank.beds.sch.uk
Assistant SENDCo:
Vickie Kemp vkemp@oakbank.beds.sch.uk
All pupils at Oak Bank School have an Educational Health and Care plan. (EHCP)
Our SEN policy and information report:
- Sets out how our school will support and make provision for pupils with special educational need (SEN)
- Explains the roles and responsibilities of everyone involved in providing for pupils with SEN
- Identifies and monitor pupils’ individual needs from the pre-admission so that appropriate provision can be made and their attainment raised
- Ensures that all planning for pupils with SEND are provided with access to a broad, balanced, individualised and relevant curriculum which is differentiated to meet their individual needs, in accordance with the SEN Code of Practice.
- Involves pupils and parents/carers in the identification and review of the targets set for individual pupils and where necessary those targets identified in their Annual Review.
The SEND team will:
- Work with the headteacher and SEN governor to determine the strategic development of the SEN policy and provision in the school
- Have day-to-day responsibility for the operation of this SEN policy and the co-ordination of specific provision made to support all pupils,
- Provide professional guidance to colleagues and work with staff, parents, and other agencies to ensure that all pupils receive appropriate support and high-quality teaching
- Advise on the deployment of the school’s delegated budget and other resources to meet pupils’ needs effectively
- Be the point of contact for external agencies, especially the local authority and its support services
- Liaise with potential next providers of education to ensure pupils and their parents are informed about options and a smooth transition is planned
- Work with the headteacher and governing board to ensure that the school meets its responsibilities under the Equality Act 2010 with regard to reasonable adjustments and access arrangements
- Ensure the school keeps the records of all pupils with SEN up to date
- Complete Annual EHCP reviews by collating information from key workers and teaching staff as well as information regarding attainment and attendance.
Our school currently provides additional and/or different provision for a range of needs, including:
- Social, emotional and mental health difficulties, for example, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
- Communication and interaction, for example, autistic spectrum disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome, speech and language difficulties
- Cognition and learning, for example, dyslexia, dyspraxia,
- Sensory and/or physical needs, for example, visual impairments, hearing impairments, processing difficulties, epilepsy
Contact details of support services for parents of pupils with SEN
Oak Bank School – 01525 374559
Victoria Rankin – vrankin@oakbank.beds.sch.uk
Vickie Kemp – vkemp@oakbank.beds.sch.uk
5.14 The local authority local offer
The authority’s local offers can be found here:
https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/info/15/sen_and_disability_-_local_offer
https://www.bucksfamilyinfo.org/kb5/buckinghamshire/fsd/localoffer.page?familychannel=5
https://localoffer.bedford.gov.uk/kb5/bedford/directory/home.page
https://directory.luton.gov.uk/kb5/luton/directory/localoffer.page?localofferchannel=0
https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/microsites/Local-Offer/The-Hertfordshire-Local-Offer.aspx
https://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/schools-and-lifelong-learning/send-local-offer
