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SHARP | PARENTS | STUDENTS | STAFF HomeWell-nighUs Headteacher's Welcome Message Vision and Values Key Staff Policies Governance Ofsted Reports Awards Our Sponsor Funding Agreement Headteacher AnnouncementSeminarLife Pastoral Support Inclusion and SEN Pupil Premium Literacy & Numeracy Catch-upSeminarDay Facilities CanteenTriumphalSuccess & Events British Values Newsletter Student Voice Pastoral Support Post 16 Introduction OurTidewayHow to Apply Prospectus Subjects Sixth Form Results University Destinations Contact Details Apply NowWonkExamination Results Curriculum Overview Subjects KS4 Courses Year 8 Options Year 9 Options Able, Gifted and Talented DfE League Tables Extra-CurricularViewingResults Admissions Admissions PolicySeminarProspectus Sixth Form Prospectus Transition How To Find UsSeminarProspectus Teaching School Recruitment Why Join The Heartlands Family Employment Opportunities Professional Learning Leadership Development Work with us Contact Who To Contact How To Find Us Key Staff Parent Workshop Programme How To Find Heartlands Services Hire Venue Hire Sports Hire Reprographics Sports Hire Inclusion and SEN Special Educational Needs - Information Report 2016 / 2017 What does ‘inclusion’ midpoint at Heartlands Academy? All students have a right to an outstanding education which enables them to unzip their full potential and wilt happy, successful and prosperous members of the local community. As such, successful inclusion ways that all students must be supported and empowered during their time at the seminar to ensure that they are achieving everything of which they are capable. At Heartlands Academy, we take pride in triumphal our diversity. Where barriers to learning are encountered, teachers are fully engaged in the process of helping students to overcome these challenges and make outstanding progress. For students with special educational needs, these barriers to learning may be increasingly pronounced; our special educational needs team are an experienced, defended and passionate team of people whose aim is to ensure that these students are worldly-wise to succeed and that towardly and meaningful provisions are in place to enable them to participate fully in our inclusive community. HeartlandsSeminarwork in conjunction with Birmingham CitySteeringto ensure that the weightier possible outcomes are achieved for all SEN students and their families. This is outlined in the Birmingham CitySteeringSEN local offer which can be found at: www.birmingham.gov.uk/SEND Who are the SEN team? At Heartlands Academy, all staff are trained to unhook outstanding lessons to students with a variety of special educational needs. The SEN team coordinate this support wideness the academy, both within lessons and through various intervention and support programmes. They have a variety of expertise which ensures that any barriers to learning are reduced and that students are worldly-wise to reach their full potential.Withalwith a number of support staff, the SEN team is made of the pursuit key people:TeammateVice Principal: Adele Johnson Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator: Abigail Price SEN Teacher: Victoria Townsend Lead HLTA: Icylene Walters HLTA: Rifat Rehman What is the tideway to teaching students with SEN and what changes are made to the curriculum and environment? In line with the SEN Code of Practice 2015, the seminar believes that “all teachers are teachers of students with special educational needs.” As such, the seminar adopts a “graduated approach” that places quality-first teaching at the heart of all lessons. Staff have received a range of specialist training to empower them in delivering outstanding lessons which meet the needs of students with special needs, and the SENCo holds an newsy role wideness all staff in promoting outstanding teaching strategies which meet the individual needs of students. Our vision is that all students have the potential to succeed and the right to an outstanding teaching and learning. As such, the SEN team regularly meet with departments virtually the seminar to discuss schemes of work and evaluate the quality of provision for students with special educational needs. Where appropriate, subject areas may segregate to follow a variegated scheme of work increasingly suitable for lower worthiness and pupils with special educational needs in order to support good progress. In addition, SEN pupils will be taught in smaller groups and for the majority of these classes in cadre subjects a teaching teammate will be present. In line with the academy’s serviceability plan, reasonable adjustments are made to ensure that all pupils are worldly-wise to wangle the facilities within the academy. The towers is made up of three floors and is fully wieldy by lift. There are moreover fully wieldy toilet facilities, withal with a medical room (located on the ground floor) with a shower/wet room. Where appropriate, students with disabilities are provided with lift passes and toilet passes. Where there are medical conditions of a physical or sensory nature that stupefy motor skills, students will be provided with a palmtop and equipment during lessons so that all pupils have real wangle to learning opportunities in every lesson. How are students identified and assessed? Early identification of pupils with special educational needs is a priority. The seminar considers wholesale areas of SEN which include: Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Learning (including liaison and cognition) Medical (including sensory and physical) We use towardly screening and towage tools, and determine student progress through: Discussions with teachers and support staff Their wonk performance Literacy and numeracy testing External Agency assessments Records from primary schools and primary liaison Our Transition project Information from parents National Curriculum results at Key Stages 2, 3 & 4 What spare support is misogynist for SEN students and their families? For some students with special educational needs, an spare programme of support or intervention may be towardly to enable students to succeed. These support programmes are all delivered by trained and experienced members of staff, who regularly liaise with the SEN team to ensure all students are fully supported throughout their time at the academy. The seminar offers a wide range of internal and external spare support for pupils with special educational needs and their families. For pupils, this includes:Sparehelp and support by subject teachers through a varied curriculum;Towardlyschemes of work to be delivered in curriculum areas; In-class support with teaching teammate or learning mentor; Specialist structured intervention programmes delivered in a less formal learning environment, these include: Speech and Language Mentoring Educational psychologist Pastoral Support Anger management Social space Emotional Support Literacy and Language Support Numeracy supportSeminarNurse Alternative provision Sensory SupportLiaisonand Autism Team For families, this includes: External provider liaison officer Parent partnership via local validity Forward Thinking Birmingham (formerly CAHMS) Social workers Health superintendency professionals How is constructive is the SEN support and how is it monitored? The seminar tracks, monitors and evaluates student progress and interventions using a provision map. The provision map includes: Pupil names Termly wonk levels for cadre subjects End of Key Stage data Intervention descriptors Entry and exit dates Staff subject for support The SENCO andTeammateVice Headteacher for Inclusion siphon out regular monitoring of lessons, students’ work and testing information to ensure that pupils are making progress and the support is effective. This is washed-up every half term. A key speciality in judging the effectiveness of our support for students for special educational needs is by strengthening the link between home and school. As such, families are regularly invited into school to meet with the SENCo and/or AVH to discuss their child’s progress and welfare wideness the academy. These meetings take place once a term, though parents are unchangingly welcome to reach out to the school to unify spare meetings to ensure that they are fully informed of the support in place for their children and discuss any queries or questions they may have. How are individual students tracked and monitored? Students who receive spare support have an Individual Pupil Profile (IPP) that details their strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes, strategies for teachers to use in lessons and three personal targets. The IPPs are reviewed termly with both the parent and student to trammels that targets have been met. If targets have not been met, the level of support is amended. If no progress is made without two terms of support, the SENCO and relevant external agencies will well-constructed the local validity CRISP towage and create a provision plan. This plan will run for at least 6 weeks surpassing an Education Health andSuperintendency(EHCP) towage is considered. Parents are involved throughout this process. What happens if a student has an Education, Health andSuperintendencyPlan (EHCP)? The EHCP replaces the statement of special educational needs. An EHCP covers month 0-25 and is well-set by the local authority. The grounds for an EHCP are one or increasingly of the pursuit areas of need:Liaisonand interaction Cognition and learning Social, emotional and mental health Sensory and/or physical needs A student with an EHCP will moreover have an IPP. EHCPs will be reviewed annually with the SENCO, parent, pupil and external agencies. How are students and parents consulted with, involved in and encouraged to take part in reviews? The seminar believes that a tropical working relationship with parents is vital in order to ensure: a) Early and well-judged identification and towage of SEN leading to the correct intervention and provision b) Continuing social and wonk progress of students with SEN c) Personal and wonk targets are set and met powerfully The seminar welcomes feedback from parents all year round and parents can make an visit to speak to any member of staff, including the SENCO, throughout the year for any reason. Parents and students are invited to progress review days and parents evenings to discuss progress through wonk reports and to discuss and review termly IPP targets. Students are involved in the reviews and stipulate their own targets. Likewise, parental views are recorded as part of this process. In cases where increasingly frequent regular contact with parents is necessary, this will be serried based on the individual student’s needs. The SENCO may moreover signpost parents of students with SEN to the LocalValidityParent Partnership service where specific advice, guidance and support may be offered. How are the views of students listened to? The seminar values students’ views and opinions and has an zippy student council. On a daily basis, students are worldly-wise to discuss their views or feelings with their form tutor, learning managers and assistants, the SEN team and the welfare officer. For SEN students, the SEN team operate an ‘open door’ approach. How are SEN students supported during times of transition? In order to prepare students for transition to Key Stage 3, all Year 6 students are invited to shepherd the five week seminar transition project during the summer term. As part of this programme, all students undertake baseline tests in English, Mathematics and Science to determine what level of support and rencontre will be offered in September. During this time, the SENCO meets with the primary SENCOs to discuss the students’ needs. For transition from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4, all Year 9 students and parents are invited to guided choice/option interviews with key members of staff. For SEN pupils, the SENCO is present to ensure the right pathways are chosen. Throughout Year 11, all students meet regularly with the careers advisor. For SEN students, the SENCO meets regularly with the student, the parent and the counselor to ensure the right pathway is chosen into Post 16 education. Furthermore, the SENCO accompanies the students, if required, to Post 16 provider visits. What measures are taken to promote positive relationships and prevent bullying? In order to promote positive relationships the seminar runs a broad-balanced PSHE curriculum. At the academy, we expect upper standards of behaviour and conduct. We encourage our polity to be supportive of one flipside in everything they do. We promote a safe, caring and supportive learning environment which allows students to reach their true potential. Bullying is anti-social behaviour and affects everyone; it is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Any incidents of bullying will be dealt with immediately, recorded and monitored by the pastoral team. We moreover offer a lunchtime social space for vulnerable students to build constructive relationships. Who do I contact if I am unhappy or want to complain? In the first instance, all SEN enquiries and complaints should be made to the SENCO andTeammateVice Headteacher. If the issue cannot be resolved, remoter contact should be made with the Headteacher.TicketArrangements The academy’s ticket arrangements operate in line with Birmingham CitySteeringprocedures.Remoterdetails well-nigh our admissions arrangements can be found on our website: Admissions If your child has chosen the seminar and is once in receipt of an Education HealthSuperintendencyPlan, the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator will liaise with Birmingham LocalValiditySpecial Educational Needs and Review Service (SENAR) to ensure a smooth transition and any specialist provision can be planned and implemented swiftly. Where can I find out well-nigh the Birmingham Local Authority’s SEN Offer? The pursuit websites contain remoter information well-nigh the local offer for students with special educational needs in the Birmingham area: www.birmingham.gov.uk/SEND www.mycareinbirmingham.org.uk Who can I contact to discuss SEN further?Remoterdetails are misogynist from: HeartlandsSeminarGreat Francis Street Nechells B7 4QR Tel: 01214643931 In This Section seminar life pastoral support inclusion and sen pupil premium literacy and numeracy catch-up seminar day facilities vial triumphal success and events british values newsletter student voice   events timetable prospectus viewing results heartlines newsletter information for parents university destinations Contact Information HeartlandsSeminar10 Great Francis Street Nechells Birmingham B7 4QR 0121 464 3931 heartlands.enquiry@e-act.org.uk Connect With Us Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Heartlines Newsletter Download the My ED App Subscribe to our YouTube waterworks × The My Ed app shows you up to stage information well-nigh all aspects of your child’s seminar life. 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