SEND
Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator - Ms S Beckett
Contact Number 01732 843352
email via - office@lunsford.kent.sch.uk
All teachers are teachers of children with special educational needs. At Lunsford, we value all children. Every member of staff strives to support each child, enabling them to achieve well at school. We recognise that each child is on their own individual learning journey and ensure that we use our best endeavours to meet all needs through adapted teaching and inclusive methods to enable all children to develop socially, emotionally and in their learning.
The SEN Information Report and SEN policy outline how we identify children with special education needs (SEN) and the provision, interventions and support available within the school. It describes how we assess and monitor pupil’s progress and communicate with parents.
Section 12 provides links to helpful websites and resources linked to areas of need within the school.
The Whole School Provision Map of Interventions provides a detailed overview of the comprehensive provision within Lunsford. It is structured into the four broad areas of need identified within the SEN Code of Practice 2015:
- Cognition and Learning
- Communication and Interaction
- Physical and/or Sensory
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs.
This provision is described according to different stages of intervention:
- Universal: Quality first teaching (teaching within the classroom)
- Targeted: Small group interventions and catch-up programmes
- Personalised: Individual targeted support for pupils with SEN.
The Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO), who oversees SEN provision at Lunsford, is Ms Beckett. Her working days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Ms S Beckett can be contacted on 01732 843352.
If you require advice or pastoral support for your child or family, please contact our Family Liaison Officer (FLO), Mrs Amy Taylor.
You can email Mrs Taylor on fflo@lunsford.kent.sch.uk or call her on 07552 045390.
SEN Policy and SEN Information Report
Please open the link below to read the SEN Policy and the SEN Information Report 2023-24.
Intent Implementation and Impact
Mainstream Core Standards
Children and their families are at the centre of the work of schools. All schools put provision in place for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) taking in to account their individual needs.
The guide for parents and carers explains the purpose of the Mainstream Core Standards and provides a summary of the more detailed guidance (see above link) given to schools by the Local Area (Education, Local Authority and Health) about how they can make sure that they are doing everything they can to meet the needs of their pupils with SEND.
Children's Therapies - speech and language, occupational therapy and physiotherapy
Please see attached flyers with details of 'The Pod' website and a free advice helpline.
Kent SEND Local Offer
Every local authority must publish a SEND Local Offer. The SEND Local Offer tells you what support is available in Kent for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities, and their families.
The SEND Local Offer is for:
• children and young people with SEN and/or disabilities from birth to 25
• their parents and carers
• practitioners and professionals.
The Kent SEND Local Offer can be found at the SEND Information Hub at:
https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/special-educational-needs
Useful website links below:
Information Advice and Support Kent (IASK): provides a free and confidential, information, advice and support service, for parents of a disabled child or child with special educational needs and to children and young people up to age 25 who have a special educational need or disability.
Helpline: 03000 41 3000
British Dyslexia Association: Provide support, advice, resources and services, events information and dyslexia resources shop.
Helpline: 0333 405 4567
National Autistic Society: A national society providing support and advice for parents, children and young people with an autistic spectrum disorder diagnosis.
Helpline: 0808 880 4104
The ADHD Foundation: Parent support; news, events and resources.
Speech and Language UK: Providing support and resources for speech and language communication difficulties.
https://speechandlanguage.org.uk/talking-point/parents/
General enquiries: 0207 843 2510
Eye Can Learn: Visual perception skills exercises to support visual memory; tracking skills; spatial abilities; visual discrimination; visual closure and figure ground/form consistency.
Crossbow Education: provide resources to support specific learning difficulties e.g dyslexia, dyspraxia, visual stress, dyscalculia and information about visual stress.
Telephone 01785 242878
The Hypermobility Syndromes Association: Provides information on the Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue (The ‘Hypermobility Syndromes’) Through its website parents can access publications, forums, local groups, advice line, and education programmes.
Telephone: 033 3011 6388
The Dyspraxia Foundation: Help and support for children with a diagnosis of dyspraxia.
www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/advice/dyspraxia-in-children/
Helpline 01462 454986
Cerebral Palsy.Org.UK: Help and advice; school support and resources; grants and benefits.
NDCS: National Deaf Children’s Society: provides parent support, resources and advice
Telephone: 0808 800 8880
Diabetes UK: Advice and support for parents of children with type 1 diabetes in school.
www.diabetes.org.uk/Guide-to-diabetes/Your-child-and-diabetes/Schools/
Telephone: 0345 123 2399
Contact a Family: A national charity for families with disabled children. Providing information, advice and support, bringing families together so they can support each other.
Tel: 0808 808 3555
For Us Too: Information and advice about services for disabled children and their families
email: info@forustoo.org
Telephone: 01843 446030 / 01795 227171
Action for Kids: Supports children and young people up to the age of 26, who have physical or learning disabilities.
Email: ask.us@actionforchildren.org.uk
Telephone: 0300 123 2112
CXK: Health and wellbeing services and provision.
https://www.cxk.org/our-services/services-young-people/
Email: info@cxk.org
Telephone: 01233 224244
Mind Fresh – directory of Wellbeing resource and services
https://mindfresh.nelft.nhs.uk
Space 2 Be Me – West Kent provision working with disabled young people 0-25 and families. Provides support, advice, home visits, services and provision e.g. clubs, parent support, workshops, family activities do not require a diagnosis to be in place to work with families e.g. ADHD/ASD.
email:info@space2beme.org.uk
Telephone: 01622 764566
ELSA website contains a wide range of emotional and wellbeing resources:
The Sleep Charity Provides parent support and recommendations and strategies/resources to manage sleep difficulties.
www.thesleepcharity.org.uk/information-support/children/
Email: info@thesleepcharity.org.uk
Telephone: 03303 530 541
ERIC – Children’s Bowel and Bladder Charity
Telephone: 0808 801 0343