SEND

SEND and Inclusion at Hawkesley Church Primary Academy

At Hawkesley Church Primary Academy we are proud to have a positive ethos of inclusion for all our children that have additional or special educational needs. All staff, in liaison with parents, work hard to ensure the needs of all children with any additional need are supported and challenged.  

 All teaching staff endeavour to ensure that all children make progress and achieve to the best of their ability regardless of their starting point, this includes progress socially, personally, morally and spiritually; regardless of their gender, ethnicity, religion, social background, sexual identity, physical ability or educational needs. We recognise that sometimes children may need extra support to achieve to their full potential. This may sometimes mean that they have access to members of the Inclusion team.  

 For further information, you may find it useful to view the Birmingham Local Offer, our SEND Policy and our School Local Offer. Click on this link to access the Birmingham Local Offer website https://www.localofferbirmingham.co.uk/

If you are unable to find the answer to any of your questions or if you are worried about your child’s progress, please contact our SENCO – Mr Adam Sale.

[email protected] FAO: SENDCO

Telephone – 0121 459 6467

Cognition & Learning

The SEN Code of Practice (2015) states; 

 ‘Support for learning difficulties may be required when children and young people learn at a slower pace than their peers, even with appropriate differentiation. Learning difficulties cover a wide range of needs, including moderate learning difficulties (MLD), severe learning difficulties (SLD), where children are likely to need support in all areas of the curriculum and associated difficulties with mobility and communication, through to profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), where children are likely to have severe and complex learning difficulties as well as a physical disability or sensory impairment.

 Specific learning difficulties (SpLD), affect one or more specific aspects of learning. This encompasses a range of conditions such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia.

Child – British Dyslexia Association (bdadyslexia.org.uk)

Communication & Interaction

Children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) have difficulty in communicating with others. This may be because they have difficulty saying what they want to, understanding what is being said to them or they do not understand or use social rules of communication. The profile for every child with SLCN is different and their needs may change over time. They may have difficulty with one, some or all of the different aspects of speech, language or social communication at different times of their lives.

 Children and young people with ASD, including Asperger’s Syndrome and Autism, are likely to have particular difficulties with social interaction. They may also experience difficulties with language, communication and imagination, which can impact on how they relate to others.’

Please find below useful links to support any child with Communication and Language difficulties:

Home | Forward Thinking Birmingham

salt-advice-line.pdf (hawkesley.bham.sch.uk)

Physical & Sensory

The SEN Code of Practice (2015) states; 

 ‘Some children and young people require special educational provision because they have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of the educational facilities generally provided. These difficulties can be age related and may fluctuate over time. Many children and young people with vision impairment (VI), hearing impairment (HI) or a multi-sensory impairment (MSI) will require specialist support and/or equipment to access their learning, or habilitation support. Children and young people with an MSI have a combination of vision and hearing difficulties. Information on how to provide services for deafblind children and young people is available through the Social Care for Deafblind Children and Adults guidance published by the Department of Health (see the References section under Chapter 6 for a link).

 Some children and young people with a physical disability (PD) require additional ongoing support and equipment to access all the opportunities available to their peers.’

SEMH (Social, Emotional, Mental Health)

The SEN Code of Practice (2015) states; 

 ‘Children and young people may experience a wide range of social and emotional difficulties which manifest themselves in many ways. These may include becoming withdrawn or isolated, as well as displaying challenging, disruptive or disturbing behaviour. These behaviours may reflect underlying mental health difficulties such as anxiety or depression, self-harming, substance misuse, eating disorders or physical symptoms that are medically unexplained. Other children and young people may have disorders such as attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactive disorder or attachment disorder.’

Here are some useful links to support any children with SEMH or SEND concerns or difficulties:

DOWNLOADS | CAMHS Resources (camhs-resources.co.uk)

Improving children’s and young peoples mental health – Place2Be

Access to Education (birmingham.gov.uk)