Garland Junior School

Special Educational Needs

Special Educational Needs at BCF - Garland Site

All children are special! However, some children require more particular provision and may need to work in smaller groups, be provided with different resources or receive more dedicated adult support at some stage during their time at our schools.

All children learn in different ways and make differing rates of progress. Some children find learning harder than others, perhaps in reading, writing, maths or developing social skills and may need more help and support to make progress. If it is the case that a child has greater difficulty in learning than most of the children of the same age or needs support that is additional or different to the others in their class, then they are said to have special educational needs (SEN).

Most children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are educated in their local mainstream school and are provided with support in their learning in order for them make progress. The support they are given is called SEN Support.

Our aim is to identify areas where children may be under achieving or having learning difficulties at an early stage. We work in partnership with parents to identify areas of need and plan for their provision in class and any potential additional interventions and support. We use a range of interventions, alongside quality first teaching to support individual needs.

Interventions and targeted support may be delivered on a one-to-one basis or in a small group. Programmes and interventions are reviewed, monitored and adapted regularly by the Inclusion Manager and class teacher to make sure that they are successful in meeting the child's individual needs.

We have a range of staff who support children across the Federation. On our Garland site we have the following staff:

Mrs Page is our ELSA and Learning Mentor – What is an ELSA? Our dedicated ELSA page gives all the details of this important role.

Our Learning Mentor also supports children’s social and emotional needs, but she works with children who may have specific barriers to learning, e.g. children who have newly arrived to the UK and require support with English, children who have particular anxieties with their learning in class and are maybe lacking in self-esteem.

Mrs Clarke is our Pastoral Lead - she support children and their families in many different ways across the Federation.

Mrs Pickering is our Inclusion Manager and SENDCo - she oversees all of the SEND children and all of the work to support them across the Federation.

To contact the SENDCO - please email or telephone the school office.